Bhubaneswar, Dec. 27 -- Outpatient departments (OPDs) in government hospitals across Odisha remained closed for one hour, from 10 am to 11 am, for the second consecutive day as Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) continued its indefinite protest on Saturday.

The doctors' body is observing the protests alleging continued government inaction on a range of long-pending service-related demands. In an interaction with the media, doctors affiliated with OMSA said the protest will continue until their demands are addressed.

Sources reported that their decision has already begun affecting patients, with OPD services disrupted at major government hospitals, including SCB Medical College and Hospital and City Hospital in Cuttack, where doc...