PATNA, Dec. 31 -- Around 96 foreign medical graduates (FMGs) from Bihar, undergoing their MBBS internship at the ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Bihta, called off their indefinite strike on the second day Wednesday after the college authorities assured them that their pending stipend would be credited by February next year, the protesting interns said.

Most of the striking FMGs had completed their MBBS from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Armenia and Ukraine.

The interns had stopped work from Tuesday morning, disrupting outpatient department (OPD) and related hospital services. This was the second strike in the past two months by the FMGs over non-payment of stipend.

The interns said they were assured through a not...