OPDs shut as Young Doctors Association calls strike
YDA started a province-wide strike against the privatisation of public hospitals and the implementation of the MTI Act
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LAHORE:
The Young Doctors Association (YDA) has launched a strike against the new Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Reform Act, which they believed was a step toward ending the public status of government hospitals.
The OPDs in the provincial capital, as well as other major cities, remained closed due to the YDA strike. Patients suffered a lot due to the closure of the OPDs. The patients who came to the provincial capital from other cities suffered the most and condemned the YDA strike.
YDA started a province-wide strike against the privatisation of public hospitals and the implementation of the MTI Act. The call for a strike was given by the YDA Lahore chapter and OPDs in other major cities of the province were also closed. A spokesman for the YDA said all big hospitals, including Mayo, Services, Jinnah and Sheikh Zayed Hospital were affected.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 3rd, 2019.
The Young Doctors Association (YDA) has launched a strike against the new Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Reform Act, which they believed was a step toward ending the public status of government hospitals.
The OPDs in the provincial capital, as well as other major cities, remained closed due to the YDA strike. Patients suffered a lot due to the closure of the OPDs. The patients who came to the provincial capital from other cities suffered the most and condemned the YDA strike.
YDA started a province-wide strike against the privatisation of public hospitals and the implementation of the MTI Act. The call for a strike was given by the YDA Lahore chapter and OPDs in other major cities of the province were also closed. A spokesman for the YDA said all big hospitals, including Mayo, Services, Jinnah and Sheikh Zayed Hospital were affected.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 3rd, 2019.