LAHORE: The strike at OPDs of all public sector hospitals in Punjab, on the call of Young Doctors Association (YDA), continued on its eighth day on Thursday.
Talking to APP, YDA spokesman Dr Nasir Abbas said that the association would stage sit-in in front of public sector hospitals on April 25 for withdrawal of transfer orders of doctors. The YDA leader also demanded to grant autonomy to all the public sector health institutions across the province.
However, patients faced hardships due to strike at OPDs in the city hospitals as well as across the province.
YDA leaders said that the strike would continue till the withdrawal of transfer orders of the doctors who were transferred by the health department.