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Protest Pitfalls: The invalid strikes back
Patients in several wards attacked doctors after they returned from the strike.
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Doctors’ strike deaths: Chief secretary gets 15 days to fix responsibility
Terminated doctors should be banned from entering public hospitals, says petitioner.
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Strike aftermath: Patients queue up as routine resumes
After doctors return to the wards, patients from far-flung areas heave a sigh of relief. stethoscope
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Bad medicine: After 6 years at med school, young doctors are paid the same as drivers
Doctors complain their salaries don’t match the amount they invest in their education.
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Doctors protest on another level
Parliamentary body ponders solution to the problem.
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Doctors’ strike: LHC chief justice wants health secretary sacked
Judge also criticises Punjab government for ‘playing with lives’.
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Resolving the stand-off: Following negotiations, doctors call off strike
All show-cause notices and termination letters withdrawn, six-member committee to resolve all outstanding issues.
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Polyclinic doctors call off strike
Sethi assures them their demands will be met in five days.
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Replacement doctors: Wards re-open but problems remain
Medical Teachers’ Association withdraws from mediation role.
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Doctors’ strike: Government seeking concession from young doctors to save face?
Chief minister advised to fire Allama Iqbal Medical College principal.
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Doctors' strike: More deaths, more protests
The protests that started in Punjab have had a ripple effect, with doctors in Karachi, Hyderabad joining in.
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Standoff Continues: Health Department sacks 13 doctors
Health Department removes 13 doctors from service on charge of obstructing treatment of patients.
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Hospitals strike: Senior doctors unhappy with replacements
Medical Teachers Association and academic councils back young doctors.
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Divided strike: Young doctors from PIMS call off strike, Polyclinic persist
Young Doctors Association Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences call of their strike.
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Punjab govt hires 465 new doctors as protests continue
Punjab Health Department claims it has suspended 188 doctors, YDA plays down reports of fresh recruits.
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Doctors dissent: From hospitals to the court
After the failure of their on-field efforts, the Young Doctors Association (YDA) Rawalpindi has decided to move court.
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Doctors' strike: Karachi doctors join in
Doctors in Karachi vow to go on strike at 11am tomorrow.
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Docs-on-strike: Young doctors to launch fresh protests today
Young doctors refuse to take responsibility for any deaths in the hospitals.
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Doctors’ strike: 22 patients die across Punjab
Doctors across Punjab continue their strike, while unattended patients continue to suffer at hospitals.
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Professors pledge support for young doctors
Government threatens to reappoint new ones.
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Relatives thrash doctor after patient dies
Family lodges case against doctor for alleged medical negligence.
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Protest repercussions: Oh doctor, where art thou?
Patients suffering, some dying, while failing to receive medical treatment.
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Punjab protests: Doctors may call off strike in 48 hours
Physicians accuse provincial govt of arresting strikers; hospitals call in medical students.
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Senate supports demands of young doctors
Senators raise water and power issues in Balochistan.
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Doctors’ demands
The Punjab government needs to move quickly and find a means to end the crisis before there is further mayhem.
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20 patients die as doctors continue strike
Patients complain of not receiving medical attention, Punjab govt hires 130 doctors across province.
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Doctors on strike in Punjab
Over 2,000 physicians resign, chaos in emergency rooms.
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Confusion looms: Strike the only constant in doctors’ struggle
Young doctors deny successful negotiations with the govt whic claims otherwise.
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Health vs state: Short-lived victory in Punjab, capital strikes on
YDA Punjab negotiations with government break down late night.
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Young doctors strike off again, on again
‘No work at emergency wards if demands are not met by Friday’.
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Doctors extend strike to emergency wards
YDA says ‘positives but no breakthrough’ in meeting with Zulfiqar Khosa.
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Medical complaint: Senators rush to placate doctors
Senate Standing Committee on Health visits Polyclinic Hospital to negotiate with doctors.
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Stakes rising: Protesting doctors arrested, released
Police arrest around 40 doctors as they allegedly try to enter the Punjab Assembly building.
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Full day strike: In govt vs doctors, patients suffer
OPDs at PIMS remain closed as doctors push harder for their demands.
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Demand for higher salaries: Doctors at Parliament House join strike
Doctors at Polyclinic Hospital-run dispensary in Parliament House started a two-hour daily token strike.
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Day 24: Doctors continue strike
Young doctors all over Faisalabad stage demonstrations for pay increments and regularisation of their employment.
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Doctors’ protest continues
New young doctors join the protest.
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Punjab govt agrees to raise salaries of doctors
Young Doctors' Association ends its boycott of indoor wards but continues strike in out patients department.
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Ongoing strike: Islamabad doctors join Punjabi colleagues
Pims OPDs will remain closed for 2 hours daily.
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Doctors strike: Waiting for positive response from govt
Protests by the YDA of Rawalpindi and Islamabad continue.
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Doctors proceed on three-day strike
YDA Punjab starts a three-day complete strike at all public hospital wards across the province.
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Defiant doctors escalate protest, sit-in at PA
Doctors from six public hospitals gather outside Punjab Assembly to protest government’s refusal to raise wages.
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Talks breakdown: Doctors reject govt’s plea for July raises
YDA Punjab leader Hamid Butt says negotiations between YDA Punjab and Khosa’s team have failed.
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Doctor’s strike: Raising their voices against poor provisions
Young doctors protest in Islamabad following suit of Rawalpindi doctors.