Addressing a press conference after a General Council meeting, YDA office-bearers said that under the new service structure for doctors employed by the Health Department agreed with the provincial government last year, medical officers should have the right to go on postgraduate training.
YDA members will wear black armbands whilst on duty from Wednesday onwards as a protest.
The association will also organise demonstrations during work hours at out patient departments from December 24 to January 9, during which services at hospitals will be partially suspended.
YDA officials made other demands too. “Out-of-order machinery must be replaced and patients must be provided free lab tests. Otherwise we will adopt an even more aggressive strategy after January 9,” said YDA Punjab President Dr Javaid Aheer.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 11th, 2013.
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