Maharashtra Govt terminates 3148 resident doctor on Strike issue

Maharashtra Government terminated 3,148 medicos on Saturday after they refused to return to work on the fifth day of their indefinite strike. "We have issued termination notices to 3,148 resident doctors," Dr W B Tayade, Director of Medical Education, told a news agency on Saturday evening. The notices were issued following the failure of talks between the medicos and the health authorities. "We have also written to respective universities to initiate the process of cancellation of the registration of these doctors," Tayade said. Some resident doctors in Akola, Dhule, Latur, Kolhapur and Nagpur did not participate in the strike, Tayade said. The stern action came on the fifth day of the doctors' indefinite strike to demand enhancement of stipend and better living conditions. After giving show-cause notices to more than 2,500 striking resident doctors yesterday, the state government set a deadline of 2 pm today for the doctors to return to work.