Doctors’ strike on Friday; healthcare services likely to be hit
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Indian Medical Association called for a strike against a govt notification authorising postgraduate practitioners in specified streams of Ayurveda to be trained to perform general surgical procedures
Private hospitals have raised concern over the strike and are taking steps to ensure smooth functioning of services
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New Delhi: The nationwide doctors’ strike on Friday, called against the government s decision to allow post-graduate Ayurvedic doctors to perform surgeries, may cause major disruptions in healthcare services across the country amid the covid-19 pandemic.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for withdrawal of all non-essential and non-covid services between 6 am and 6 pm on Friday. However, emergency services, including casualty, labour rooms and emergency surgeries, will be exempt from the strike along with ICU and CCU.