Junior doctors to withdraw non-emergency services in A.P. from August 12
Junior doctors in Andhra Pradesh have announced a full withdrawal of non-emergency services following failed salary negotiations with the state government. The doctors are demanding a long-overdue stipend increase and relief from increased workloads.
Why it matters
The strike highlights systemic issues in medical education and public health staffing in India, potentially impacting patient care.
Non-emergency services in government medical colleges and teaching hospitals across Andhra Pradesh will be discontinued on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., as talks with State health officials failed to yield a positive outcome, members of the A.P. Junior Doctors’ Association (APJUDA) said.
In a release issued on Monday night following a meeting with Health Department officials, the APJUDA announced that the strike, which had been put on hold for a week awaiting the government’s response, would resume on August 11. In response to the call, junior and senior residents at several government medical colleges and hospitals abstained from duties between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesday.
With another round of talks on Tuesday evening also failing to yield a positive outcome, the APJUDA announced a “complete withdrawal of non-emergency services” from Wednesday.
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