M'rashtra terminates striking docs

 “We have issued termination notices to 3,148 resident doctors,” Dr W B Tayade, Director of Medical Education, said. The notices were issued following the failure of talks between the medicos and the health authorities.

“We have also written to respective universities to initiate the process of cancellation of the registration of these doctors,” Tayade said.

The stern action came on the fifth day of the doctors’ indefinite strike demanding the enhancement of stipend and better living conditions.

After giving show-cause notices to more than 2,500 striking resident doctors on Friday, the state government had set a deadline of 2 pm on Saturday for the doctors to return to work. As they did not turn up, the deadline was extended by a few hours, and since there were no signs of relenting, the authorities cracked the whip and terminated their services.