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Thousands of Patients Suffering As Tamil Nadu Doctors Continue Strike Demanding Pay Parity
IANS
Oct 26, 2019, 02:22 PM | Updated 02:22 PM IST
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For the second day in succession, thousands of patients in government hospitals in Tamil Nadu continue to suffer as around 17,000 doctors are on a strike since Friday (25 October), demanding pay parity.
Besides pay parity with their counterparts in the Central government, the doctors are also demanding the implementation of the time-bound promotion, and the non-reduction in the numbers of the doctors in hospitals.
The striking doctors have said that in patients will not be examined unless an emergency happens and life saving/medical/surgical emergencies will be attended to.
Meanwhile, on Friday DMK President M.K. Stalin urged the Tamil Nadu government and the striking doctors to hold talks and find a solution as patients were suffering.
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