Junior doctors resume duty

A HIGH voltage drama was witnessed at BRD Medical College here when medical students took out processions, raised slogans against State Government and forcible blocked the OPD services.

A HIGH voltage drama was witnessed at BRD Medical College here when medical students took out processions, raised slogans against State Government and forcible blocked the OPD services.

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Senior police officials rushed to the spot and a heavy police force was deployed at the medical college.

However, on an appeal made by college principal RD Mukheja, junior doctors joined their duties and emergency services were conducted smoothly. In fact, junior doctors resumed their duties on late Thursday night after the State Government declared the strike as illegal.

The government directed to take action against striking doctors, under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA), if they failed to resume duty by 10 am on Friday.

Before resuming their duties on Friday, junior doctors expressed resentment against the State Government for suppressing their voice.

Mukheja claimed that normalcy had returned to the college and there was no need to take action against junior doctors.