15k docs go on strike over Phaltan suicide
Mumbai, Nov. 4 -- Outpatient department (OPD) services in government hospitals across the state remained completely suspended on Monday as more than 15,000 doctors went on strike seeking a court-monitored probe into the suicide of a government medical officer posted at Phaltan.
Non-emergency procedures and elective surgeries would be suspended from Tuesday, medical organisations spearheading the strike warned. If the government fails to respond to their demands by November 7, even emergency services would be suspended, they said.
The deceased medical officer, attached to the Sub-District Hospital in Phaltan in Satara district, was found dead in a hotel room in Satara on October 22. In a suicide note inscribed on her palm, she accused her landlord's son of physical and mental harassment and a police officer of sexual assault and rape.P4...
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