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Rajasthan resident doctors call off strike

The protesting resident doctors across government hospitals in Rajasthan called off their strike,which had crippled medical services.

The protesting resident doctors across government hospitals in Rajasthan on Tuesday called off their strike,which had crippled medical services since Sunday.

The strike,which was called to protest against a police lathicharge on doctors at a hospital in Jodhpur,ended this evening after the state government accepted the medicos demands,including action against police and district administration officials,compensation to doctors injured in the lathicharge and a review of the cases lodged against doctors.

The strike was called off at around 3 pm on Tuesday after several rounds of talks between the agitating doctors and government representatives, said Additional Divisional Commissioner Govind Singh Charan.

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