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MP Govt doctors call off indefinite strike within hours after Medical Education Minister assures to resolve issues
Bhopal: Hours after they launched a state-wide indefinite strike on Friday, government doctors in Madhya Pradesh called off their stir following an assurance from state Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang that a high-powered committee would look into their demands, including those related to promotions.
The government doctors began the strike in the morning hours, but it was withdrawn by around noon. On Thursday, nearly 16,000 government doctors across the state had gone off-duty for two hours to protest what they called "bureaucratic interference in their work and promotions".
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Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that after talks with the state government failed regarding the doctors demand for Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP), over 10,000 government doctors across Madhya Pradesh went on an indefinite strike last week. The protest began at Bhopal's Gandhi Medical college. The following move heavily disrupted the medical services across all state government-run hospitals and healthcare centres.
Earlier on Thursday, services at government hospitals and centres were affected as nearly 16,000 government doctors across Madhya Pradesh went on a two-hour strike to protest what they called “bureaucratic interference in their work and promotions.”
Talking to reporters, minister Sarang said, "A delegation of doctors met me. A high-powered committee will be formed to look into their demands. The panel will submit its recommendations to the government and action will be taken on it in a stipulated time."
The delegation of doctors also met Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Talking to PTI, president of the Association of Medical Officers Medical Education Madhya Pradesh) Sanjeev Jayant said, "Our organisation has called off the strike."
The doctors went off-duty to seek an end to bureaucratic interference in their work and promotions, saying that Madhya Pradesh is the only state in the country that is not following the Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP) Scheme meant for government doctors' promotions.
Also Read:MP Govt doctors threaten stir, seek Dynamic Assured Career Progression scheme
Kajal joined Medical Dialogue in 2019 for the Latest Health News. She has done her graduation from the University of Delhi. She mainly covers news about the Latest Healthcare. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in.