Chuck Kuhn's Asia in Photos: Doctors' strike claims a dozen lives in India

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Doctors' strike claims a dozen lives in India

Nearly a dozen patients died in a hospital in the northern Indian state of Bihar because of a strike by local doctors, said hospital officials on Wednesday.

The patients were admitted to the Patna Medical College and Hospital, where junior doctors started a strike Monday night, officials said over phone from Patna, the state capital of Bihar.

The doctors are demanding payment of the increased stipend that was promised to them earlier.

"All the patients died during the first 24 hours of the ongoing strike," an official said.

More than 500 junior doctors went on an indefinite strike late Monday night, demanding payment of the increased stipend they were promised after a round of agitations this August.

The strike has badly hit the emergency services and dozens of surgeries have been postponed.

Hospital authorities have sought the help of the health department to cope with the situation and have asked for 100 doctors from various parts of the state.

Source:Xinhuanet

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