Hyderabad, Dec. 11 -- In line with the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) call for protest, doctors and postgraduate medical students in various government hospitals and colleges on Friday boycotted all outpatient duties and elective duties for twelve hours, from 6 am to 6 pm.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA), an apex body of allopathic doctors in India, has called for a nationwide strike on Friday to express its opposition to the government's decision to allow Ayurvedic practitioners to perform medical surgeries. "We stood up for India, lost 700 doctors to Covid. Your turn now to save modern medicine from mixopathy," a newspaper ad by the IMA said.

Private hospitals in the city too shut down non-essential services for twelve hours....