<p class="title">Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday appealed to striking doctors to resume work, saying the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill was in the "interest" of doctors and patients.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He made the appeal during a meeting with a delegation of resident doctors from various associations who are on strike over certain provisions of the bill.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The associations have alleged that the bill has provisions that are "anti-poor, anti-student and undemocratic".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Resident doctors continued their strike on Friday and withdrew all services, including that at the emergency departments of hospitals, in protest against the bill which seeks to replace the graft-tainted Medical Council of India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have explained to them that this historic bill is in the interest of doctors and patients. I have also addressed queries that they had on certain provisions of the bill.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I also appealed to them to end their strike. I told them that there is no reason to strike. Doctors should not defy their duties towards patients," Harsh Vardhan said.</p>
<p class="title">Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday appealed to striking doctors to resume work, saying the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill was in the "interest" of doctors and patients.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He made the appeal during a meeting with a delegation of resident doctors from various associations who are on strike over certain provisions of the bill.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The associations have alleged that the bill has provisions that are "anti-poor, anti-student and undemocratic".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Resident doctors continued their strike on Friday and withdrew all services, including that at the emergency departments of hospitals, in protest against the bill which seeks to replace the graft-tainted Medical Council of India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I have explained to them that this historic bill is in the interest of doctors and patients. I have also addressed queries that they had on certain provisions of the bill.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I also appealed to them to end their strike. I told them that there is no reason to strike. Doctors should not defy their duties towards patients," Harsh Vardhan said.</p>