Young doctors’ strike enters eighth day

LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA) continues their strike in government hospitals across Punjab against the non-acceptance of their demands. This is the eighth day of the strike.

Outdoor wards of all the government hospitals in Multan-- Nishtar, Children Complex, Civil, Fatima Jinnah Women hospital are closed on even Monday.

While patients coming from remote areas for medical aid are facing immense difficulties. A large number of patients in Faisalabad government hospitals had to return unattended and uncared by the doctors due to their strike.

The situation is no different in Gojranawala District Headquarter Hospital, Bhawalpur’s Victoria Hospital and Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, where the patients were seen pouring in but there was none to attend them even in the OPDs, which remained closed due to the doctors’ strike.