The Lucknow high court in a recent judgment said doctors at Lucknow’s King George’s Medical University would pay for deaths caused by their recent four-day strike. The court said a panel would find out, within two months, the number of deaths caused because of the strike, and the doctors would pay Rs 25 lakh to each affected family. The government would pay the money, and deduct it from the doctors’ salaries, the court said.
As reported earlier, About 350 KGMU junior doctors went on strike to protest fresh admissions in post-graduate courses in state medical colleges. Admissions were done in April on the basis of Uttar Pradesh Medical Entrance Examination (UPPGMEE) 2016 but were cancelled on May 26 following Supreme Court order which directed state government to conduct admissions afresh after allotting up to 30% additional marks to candidates of Provincial Medical Health Services…
