Doctors strike: Young doctors still plan to meet Sharif
YDA delegations plan to meet chief minister Shahbaz Sharif when he inaugurates Metro bus service.
YDA delegations from Faisalabad, Gujrat and Gujranwala have reached Lahore to join the hunger strike that entered the sixth day on Saturday. PHOTO: NNI/FILE
LAHORE:
The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab leaders were determined on Saturday to meet Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at the inauguration of the Metro Bus Service.
YDA delegations from Faisalabad, Gujrat and Gujranwala have reached Lahore to join the hunger strike that entered the sixth day on Saturday.
“So far we haven’t received a government delegation mandated to negotiate with us. Our plan to meet the CM at the inaugural ceremony is intact. The government is welcome to send a delegation for talks, but we will not give up our plan to go to the inaugural ceremony until our demands have been met,” YDA Punjab Media Secretary Khurrum Shehzad told The Express Tribune.
Till the filing of this report, talks had not started between the YDA and any representation from the Punjab government. A Health Department official, however, said Special Assistant to Chief Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique was holding a meeting with department officials in this regard. He said a delegation consisting of senior professors and Director General (Health) Nisar Cheema could be sent to talk to YDA leaders later in the night to resolve the issue amicably.
Meanwhile, the Health Department sacked 68 doctors on Saturday for absentee from duty.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 10th, 2013.
The Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab leaders were determined on Saturday to meet Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif at the inauguration of the Metro Bus Service.
YDA delegations from Faisalabad, Gujrat and Gujranwala have reached Lahore to join the hunger strike that entered the sixth day on Saturday.
“So far we haven’t received a government delegation mandated to negotiate with us. Our plan to meet the CM at the inaugural ceremony is intact. The government is welcome to send a delegation for talks, but we will not give up our plan to go to the inaugural ceremony until our demands have been met,” YDA Punjab Media Secretary Khurrum Shehzad told The Express Tribune.
Till the filing of this report, talks had not started between the YDA and any representation from the Punjab government. A Health Department official, however, said Special Assistant to Chief Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique was holding a meeting with department officials in this regard. He said a delegation consisting of senior professors and Director General (Health) Nisar Cheema could be sent to talk to YDA leaders later in the night to resolve the issue amicably.
Meanwhile, the Health Department sacked 68 doctors on Saturday for absentee from duty.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 10th, 2013.