Wednesday, December 5, 2007

16 kids die in four-day strike at Hyderabad hospital

ON STRIKE: The doctors called the strike after an MLA assaulted a lady doctor in the hospital.


Hyderabad: Junior doctors of a leading children's hospital here continued their strike for the fourth day Wednesday, demanding action against a legislator who allegedly attacked medicos even as healthcare services remained paralysed and one more child died, taking the toll since Sunday to 16.

The stalemate continued with the Andhra Pradesh Junior Doctors Association (APJDA) sticking to its demands for booking a case of attempt to murder against Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislator Afsar Khan, his suspension from the assembly and a law to prevent attacks on doctors. The state government has rejected the demands.

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