India, Jan. 7 -- Bhubaneswar The Odisha government on Tuesday invoked the Odisha Essential Services (Maintenance) Act to prohibit strikes by doctors and medical staff across all government healthcare facilities in the state as doctors intensified their two-hour long cease-work demanding remuneration parity with central government doctors, proportionate cadre restructuring across all grades and incremental incentives for super specialists, specialists among others. The order, issued under Section 3(1) read with Section 2 of the ESMA (Odisha Act 9 of 1992), covers doctors, nursing officers, pharmacy officers, paramedics, technicians, and Class-III and Class-IV employees, including contractual staff, working in government hospitals, medical co...