Bihar’s junior doctors call off strike

November 21st, 2009 PATNA - Bihar's junior doctors, whose strike for increased stipend entered its 12th day Saturday, have decided to continue the stir despite the state human rights commission's threat to file criminal cases against them. The doctors said the strike would continue till an amicable settlement is reached with the Bihar government.

November 18th, 2009 PATNA - Junior doctors in Bihar are determined to continue their strike and have rejected the state human rights commission's request to end their nine-day-old protest, officials said Wednesday. About 500 junior doctors of the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) have struck work demanding payment of the increased stipend promised to them earlier.

November 17th, 2009 PATNA - There is no good news for poor patients and their relatives in Bihar as a crippling doctors' strike entered its eighth day Tuesday. About 500 junior doctors of the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) have struck work demanding payment of the increased stipend promised to them earlier.

November 17th, 2009 HYDERABAD - A strike by junior doctors in Andhra Pradesh demanding increase in stipend entered its second week on Monday. Medial services in all the government hospitals have been affected and patients are bearing the brunt.

November 15th, 2009 PATNA - As the strike by junior doctors in Bihar's premier government-run hospital here entered its sixth day Sunday, authorities threatened action and called for an end to the strike that has affected thousands of patients. About 500 junior doctors of the Patna Medical College and Hospital have struck work demanding payment of the increased stipend that was promised to them earlier.

November 13th, 2009 PATNA - Hundreds of patients continued to suffer as the strike by junior doctors in Bihar's premier government-run hospital entered its fourth day here Friday, officials said. About 500 junior doctors have struck work demanding payment of the increased stipend that was promised to them earlier.

November 13th, 2009 PATNA - Patients are facing the brunt of a three-day strike by junior doctors at the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) here. The interns are seeking an increase in their stipend from rupees 15,000 to rupees 25,000.

November 12th, 2009 PATNA - Left with no other option, hundreds of poor patients in Patna prayed for an end to the doctors' strike that entered its third day Thursday, officials said. About 500 junior doctors have struck work demanding payment of the increased stipend that was promised to them earlier.

November 11th, 2009 PATNA - Nearly a dozen patients who were admitted to the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) here died because of a strike by junior doctors which entered its second day Wednesday, officials said. The doctors are demanding payment of the increased stipend that was promised to them earlier.

November 10th, 2009 PATNA - More than 400 junior doctors of the Patna Medical College and Hospital here have struck work, demanding payment of the increased stipend they were promised after a round of agitations in August. The doctors, who went on an indefinite strike late Monday, said the Bihar government has failed to pay them the increased stipend as promised.

October 13th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The junior doctors' strike in Jammu and Kashmir entered the fourth day Tuesday, adversely affecting healthcare facilities in the valley. In Srinagar's largest SMHS Hospital, no surgery has been done during the last three days as the junior doctors struck work Saturday due to alleged pay anomalies.

October 5th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Patients are suffering at Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital in Jammu and Kashmir, as junior doctors are on a strike protesting against the alleged indifferent attitude of the State Government towards their long-pending demands. Around 4000 junior doctors are participating in the indefinite strike and their demand includes a hike in pay grades, time bound promotion for doctors after five, ten and fifteen years and formulation of law that ensures action against persons assaulting any health official on duty.

August 31st, 2009 PATNA - After an assurance from the Bihar government of a hike in stipend, protesting junior doctors of the Patna Medical College and Hospital here Monday night withdrew their five-day long strike that has claimed the lives of 38 patients. Speaking to newspersons after his meeting with Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav, the Junior Doctors Association (JDA) president Rajiv Babu Prajapati said the association has withdrawn its agitation following an assurance from the government to address their demands as soon as possible.

August 31st, 2009 PATNA - A five-day-old strike by the junior doctors in a hospital here has claimed the lives of at least 38 patients even as the Bihar government Monday served notices to the medicos and asked them to return to work or face action, an official said. A day after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed his anger at the doctors' strike that has paralysed health services in the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Health Secretary C.K.

August 30th, 2009 PATNA - Patients here are suffering as the Government and other hospitals in Patna are over crowded due to the junior doctors strike over pay hike. A common sight at the Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH) is of senior doctors attending patients lying on the floor since there are no vacant beds in the wards.