Bhubaneswar, Jan. 5 -- Demanding revised pay at par with Central pay structure, over 6,000 doctors, posted in government-run hospitals across Odisha today resorted to two-hour cease work from the outpatient department (OPD) services, partially affecting the day-to-day functioning of hospitals.
State's Health Minister Mukesh Mahaling appealed to the doctors to abstain from two-hour duty boycott in larger public interest and assured the medicos that the government is looking into their demands.
In the meanwhile, the Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA), comprising doctors of Odisha Medical and Health Services (OMHS) cadres, sounded a stern warning stating that the situation may go from bad to worse if the government does not address t...