YDA to check patients on footpath near CM Balochistan Secretariat
Syed Ali Shah :
QUETTA: Young Doctors Association (YDA) Balochistan has announced to check patients on a footpath near the Chief Minister Balochistan Secretariat. “We have decided to end boycott of OPDs”, Dr. Hafeez Mandokhail, the Chairman YDA told a hurriedly called news conference at civil hospital on Thursday.
He however clarified that the doctors will not be checking patients in OPDs located inside government-run hospitals rather near the CM Balochistan Secretariat. “We are concerned about the health issues of patients”, Mr. Mandokhail claimed.
Young doctors have been boycotting OPDs for last more than two months to mount pressure on the government for acceptance of their demands. Repeated rounds of negotiations have been held between the government and protesting doctors. Although, no progress has been made in this regard.
Patients remained the worst sufferers of doctors strike
Patients remained the worst sufferers of young doctors’ strikes in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan. Health officials say daily OPD at civil hospital and Bolan Medical Complex Hospital (BMCH) is around 10,000. This announcement on the part of doctors have come a day after the Balochistan government dropped FIRs against the doctors.
Police had arrested 19 doctors and they spent almost a month in district jail Quetta.
