IMA had called for nationwide strike, during which routine outpatient department (OPD) services and elective surgeries wouldn’t be conducted, while all essential and emergency services would continue
“The withdrawal of services by all the modern medicine doctors, irrespective of the sector and place of work, will start from 6AM on Saturday, August 17 to 6AM on Sunday, August 18,” the IMA had said in a statement.
OPD services at major New Delhi hospitals remained suspended as doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Guru Teg Bahadur, Ram Manohar Lohia and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (DDU) hospitals continued their protest.
