Complying with LHC, Young Doctors call off strike
At a press briefing at Allama Iqbal Medical College, YDA Punjab Dr Nasir Bokhari said doctors were calling their strike off and accepting court orders, however, so far the government hadn’t withdrawn police officials from hospitals. He said that although the doctors were calling their strike off, their fight for the service structure would continue.
He said the court had directed the Punjab government to fulfill its proposals regarding service structure within 15 days and if it doesn’t do so, YDA Punjab has the right to go back on strike again.
“Whenever we are pushed to the wall and our rights are violated, we will go back on strike,” he said.
Earlier the Lahore High Court (LHC) has instructed government-employed doctors to return to work at all hospital wards and end their strike completely from Sunday, while also suspending termination, suspension and show cause notices issued to the striking doctors by the Punjab government.
The court had also directed the committee set up to review the doctors’ demands to start negotiations with the Young Doctors Association (YDA) and conclude them within two weeks, while regularly updating the LHC on the minutes of committee meetings.
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Give people salaries based on merit .Since doctors are highest in intellect and merit their salaries should be accordingly more than others.
Doctors should hear themselves!?!?!
These are not doctors talking ! This is the scum of the earth that murders innocent people ...
And other thing, boys has stopped coming to this field nw (8:2 girl to boy ratio) becuz they hv seen condition of doctors. I myself forbade all of frnds n family members who wanted to go 4 MBBS. Most of girls dont continue practice and most of boys try to go abroad for better pay. SO THINK AGAIN, IN NEXT FEW YEARS YOU WILL HAV SHORTAGE OF DRS THEN WHERE FROM U IMPORT THEM? Afghanistan or China :p
@ Ch Daad, gov didnt spend 2.5m rps us as charity bt we beat thousands of others to get eligible for it. Bt worst is ths tht the person on whom u hv spent tht much money n time wil be serving sum other country bcz u cant pay them well. And doctors have no medical facility, no health insurance, despite of the fact that they deal with lethal infectious diseases. Make ur facts correct
These doctors get very less salaries; they deserve more. However the ruling elite is enacting laws for their own benefit & looting the country with both hands
@Lala Gee: my friend just google Saskatchewan Doctors Strike.......
@Ch Allah Daad: Ru serious??free medical facility for a doctor?i think its other way around........every other profession other den dis MASEHA enjoy free medical.... isn't that unfair?..doctors are highly paid in every corner of world xcept in pak.......just compare salaries of doctors with neighbors.......in India MO is paid 80 k (indian rupee) per month ....you cant compare doctors with other profession.....all of you people who are commenting against doctors know at the bottom of their heart that they were unable to became a doctor which they dreamt since childhood....
@Anonymous:
"Those that say doctors have been educated on govt money should remind that doctors were the top scoring students and they “earned” that scholarship."
Why the doctors (or any other professional for that matter) automatically earn that scholarship (people's money - for 80% Pakistanis, that scholarship is more than their 20 years of total income) in USA, Canada, or elsewhere. Why they have to take bank loans with interest for their studies. Why the doctors in Canada are not allowed to do private practice even when they paid their tuition fee from their own pocket (compare this with Pakistan where hospitals are used for making and treating private patients). Why the doctors in USA and Canada never abandon their patients and go on strike.
This proves that young doctors are law abiding citizens who have been cornered and driven to driven to wall by chief minister's obduracy and treachery. Take the current Punjab Govt out of the equation and the entire mess would be resolved automatically
@ Anonymous, these Messiahs already earn handsome amount plus their medical is free for life which is one of the biggest expense in anyone's life. Also they have reached to Messiah status after spending nation's 2,5 million each in medical colleges. They are not paupers or stand in line to fetch food at Ali Hajveri Mazaar. Their relatives use VIP facilities in hospitals and they date in unaccupied VIP rooms. Most of the doctors after ten to fiftteen years experience own all the luxuries of life and respect is the real bonus which no other profession provides. Unfortunately these young doctors have proven themselves greedy, ambitious with no respect to human life.
R.I.P YDA !
Everyone please tell me one answers: If the so called "massiah" pays the bills does the electricity company say no we will not take money from you because you are "massiah"? If they go to buy bread does the baker say no we will not take money from you?
If the answer to the above questions is no then please stop this "empty stomach massiah" thing and get a realty check. Doctors are professionals who earn money by thethe knowledge that they have gained after working so hard and they should be paid as such. I agree that doctors shouldn't have to go on strike because if they have some issues the authorities should take them seriously so that they may not have to strike. Those who say the doctors can not and must NEVER go on strike should search "British medical association strike" and see that even doctors in UK bycott OPDs, OTs and wards. Those that say doctors have been educated on govt money should remind that doctors were the top scoring students and they "earned" that scholarship.
Very good decision by YDA to call off the strike. They should have realized that their profession demands from them to give the highest priority to their patients and anything else must come after. They have every right to protest for their demands, but it should not be at expense of the poor patients.
All medical services should be declared essential and in future no trade union activity should be allowed in any form. Doctors must be given due respect and reasonable salary structure according to their service hours, experience and qualification. Everything must be agreed upon before their joining in service, after that zero tolerance policy should be adopted by the government.