Punjab young doctors’ strike enters 13th day

LAHORE: Young doctors, under the banner of Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab, continued their strike in Out Patients Departments (OPDs), which entered into 13th consecutive day on Monday, Geo News reported.

The YDA Punjab continued protest strike at all OPDs of hospitals of Punjab including Lahore to exert pressure on government to consider their demands regarding service structure, release of their colleagues and stoppage of victimisation. The sufferings of poor patients have multiplied manifolds with every passing day of strike.

The young doctors, however, continued treatment of patients at makeshift OPD camps set up outside hospitals. The senior doctors, on the other hand, are busy in providing treatment to patients at OPD wards of their respective hospitals. The relatives of patients demanded the government to take strict action against all those doctors involved in this crime of denying fair and timely treatment to poor patients at OPDs.

The Punjab Health Department has failed to initiate dialogue with young doctors to resolve the matter of strike and restore normal functioning of hospitals in the interest of patients.