The strike by resident doctors paralysed health services in many government-run hospitals in the city on Friday. Hindu Rao and GTB hospitals were the worst affected. Though the emergency facilities were successfully managed by senior doctors, patients visiting these hospitals for routine consultations said they could not find any doctors in the OPDs. "If the government does not give us a concrete answer on our demands, our strike will continue from Monday," said Dr Dhiraj Aggarwal, member, Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA).
Sources said the director-general of health services from the central government and state health minister held meetings with the doctors' association and assured them of prompt action. They reportedly asked the doctors to call off their strike. On Friday, as resident doctors remained off-duty, the otherwise fully-occupied Hindu Rao hospital…
