Doctors Have No Right To Go On Strike/Boycott Under Any Circumstances, Holds Madras HC [Read Judgment]
4 years, 10 months ago

Doctors Have No Right To Go On Strike/Boycott Under Any Circumstances, Holds Madras HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has observed that Doctors do not have the right to go on strike/boycott under any circumstances. Justice N. Anand Venkatesh observed thus while considering petitions challenging the charge memos and the transfer and posting orders issued to Doctors by the Director of Medical Education and the Director of Medical and Rural Health Services. The judge observed: "There can be little doubt that by going on strike doctors violate a fundamental maxim of medical jurisprudence "Primum, non nocere" ie., first, do no harm. The nature of duty of a Doctor is such that the non-availability of the Doctor even for a single minute may cost a life The bench, however, concluded that the transfer orders and the charge memos issued to the doctors are clearly tainted with malafides and it has been issued only to punish them who were sphere heading the agitation.

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Reconsider decision: Senior Bengal doctors ask junior docs to scale down strike
3 months ago

Reconsider decision: Senior Bengal doctors ask junior docs to scale down strike

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: Junior doctors in West Bengal’s government hospitals who have been on strike on Thursday held a discussion with senior doctors to decide if they should continue with the complete cease work or scale down the agitation to a partial strike. Members of Bengal Junior Doctors' Front and others take part in a mega rally on October 2 to demand …

Bengal doctors expected to decide on withdrawing strike today
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengal doctors expected to decide on withdrawing strike today

Hindustan Times  

Junior doctors, who have been protesting since a doctor was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month, are expected to decide on withdrawing their 38-day strike on Tuesday afternoon after the government implements its assurance to remove police commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal and two health officials. We will decide after the Supreme Court’s hearing,” …

Supreme Court orders West Bengal doctors to end strike
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court orders West Bengal doctors to end strike

Op India  

On 9th September, the Supreme Court of India expressed concerns over the state government’s handling of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case. The court also urged the striking doctors in West Bengal to resume their duties by 5 PM on Tuesday and warned that if the boycott continues, it may order disciplinary action against them. …

'Justice & Medicine Cannot Go On Strike': SC Bars Adverse Action Against Doctors For Protesting
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Justice & Medicine Cannot Go On Strike': SC Bars Adverse Action Against Doctors For Protesting

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Thursday passed an order saying that no adverse action should be taken by hospital authorities against doctors for protesting against the brutal rape and murder of a lady doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The apex court today resumed hearing the RG Kar Medical hospital and medical college rape and murder case of …

Indian doctors resume work but protests over medic’s rape, murder continue
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian doctors resume work but protests over medic’s rape, murder continue

Al Jazeera  

India’s Supreme Court urges doctors to go back to work, assuring safety measures will be implemented within two weeks. “We are resuming duties following the Supreme Court’s appeal and assurances and intervention in the RG Kar incident and safety for doctors,” the Resident Doctors’ Association at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences said. The RDA at the Indira …

AIIMS resident doctors end strike after Supreme Court order in Kolkata rape case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

AIIMS resident doctors end strike after Supreme Court order in Kolkata rape case

India Today  

The Resident Doctors' Association of AIIMS, New Delhi called off their 11-day strike after the Supreme Court’s intervention in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor in Kolkata on August 9. “We are resuming duties following the Supreme Court’s appeal and assurances and intervention in the RG Kar incident and safety for doctors,” the association said in a …

Up doctors’ security, says Centre as stir snowballs
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Up doctors’ security, says Centre as stir snowballs

Hindustan Times  

The central government ordered all hospitals under it to review security protocols and increase their security force by up to 25% as officials in both Delhi and Kolkata struggled to contain the anger of the medical community over the rape and murder in the West Bengal capital earlier this month. In the Capital, with hundreds of doctors holding kerbside clinics …

Doctors' Strike | Can't Initiate Disciplinary Action In Absence Of Actual Events Of Patients' Suffering, Media Reports Not Sufficient: Delhi HC
2 years, 7 months ago

Doctors' Strike | Can't Initiate Disciplinary Action In Absence Of Actual Events Of Patients' Suffering, Media Reports Not Sufficient: Delhi HC

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court today refused to issue orders for initiation of action against doctors alleged to be involved in the November 2021 strike.Disposing of the public interest litigation filed by a Kolkata based NGO namely 'People for Better Treatment', a Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta observed,"In our view, before any disciplinary action …

Doctors strike work in southern districts
2 years, 9 months ago

Doctors strike work in southern districts

The Hindu  

MADURAI A large number of doctors affiliated to Indian Medical Association resorted to a one-day strike by not attending outpatient cases at government and private hospitals and clinics on Saturday. In many southern districts, including Madurai, Ramanathapuram and Dindigul, the doctors, holding placards, demanded protection to the doctors from patients and urged the governments to withdraw the criminal case registered …

3000 junior doctors in MP call off strike after 7 days
3 years, 6 months ago

3000 junior doctors in MP call off strike after 7 days

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh’s junior doctors called off their strike on Monday after the state government agreed to increase their stipend by 17%. The deadlock was broken after 7 days following a series of meetings between the Junior Doctors Association and medical education minister Vishwas Sarang on Monday morning. MP high court had declared the junior doctors’ strike in the state illegal …

Patna HC Warns Govt. Doctors Of Contempt If "Illegal" Strike Not Called Off [Read Order]
4 years, 4 months ago

Patna HC Warns Govt. Doctors Of Contempt If "Illegal" Strike Not Called Off [Read Order]

Live Law  

Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar were informed by the Advocate General that one Association of Para Medical Employees has already resorted to strike, and following suit, the doctors have also threatened to go on strike. Reportedly, while paramedical employees under the National Health Mission in the state had struck work since Sunday, junior doctors, including those at …

Tamil Nadu govt doctors call off strike, press for four-point charter of demands, including time-bound promotions
5 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu govt doctors call off strike, press for four-point charter of demands, including time-bound promotions

Firstpost  

After striking work for a week, government doctors in Tamil Nadu affiliated to the Federation of Government Doctors Association on Friday called off the agitation Chennai: After striking work for a week, government doctors in Tamil Nadu affiliated to the Federation of Government Doctors Association on Friday called off the agitation, pressing a four-point charter of demands including time-bound promotions. …

1,550 doctors have reported for duty, around 3,000 are on strike: Health Minister
5 years, 2 months ago

1,550 doctors have reported for duty, around 3,000 are on strike: Health Minister

The Hindu  

Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar said 1,550 doctors out the 4,683 doctors, who were on indefinite strike, have reported for duty till Thursday noon. As the indefinite strike by doctors affiliated to the Federation of Government Doctors Association entered the seventh day on Thursday, he said that 3,127 doctors are participating in the strike as per the 12 noon-status. A total …

SC Adjourns Hearing Of PIL For Protection Of Doctors
5 years, 6 months ago

SC Adjourns Hearing Of PIL For Protection Of Doctors

Live Law  

The doctors' strike having abated, the Supreme Court on Tuesday did not deem necessary to pass any immediate orders on a plea seeking safety and security of doctors in government hospitals across the country. Posting the matter to now be heard in July, the vacation bench headed by Justice Deepak Gupta, however, acknowledged the gravity of instances of attacks on …

Bengal doctors' strike: Supreme Court defers hearing on security of medicos, says as protests are over, there's no urgency now
5 years, 6 months ago

Bengal doctors' strike: Supreme Court defers hearing on security of medicos, says as protests are over, there's no urgency now

Firstpost  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred the hearing on a plea seeking protection of doctors in government hospitals, saying since doctors have called off their strike in West Bengal and other states, there is no urgency to hear the matter. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred the hearing on a plea seeking protection of doctors in government hospitals, …

As strikes end, SC defers hearing on security of doctors, keeps open 'larger issue' of their safety
5 years, 6 months ago

As strikes end, SC defers hearing on security of doctors, keeps open 'larger issue' of their safety

India TV News  

The Supreme Court Tuesday deferred the hearing on a plea seeking protection of doctors in government hospitals, saying since doctors have called off their strike in West Bengal and other states, there is no urgency to hear the matter. Meanwhile, the Indian Medical Association also filed an impleadment application seeking the court's intervention into the plea already filed, saying protection …

Bengal effect: Coimbatore doctors join all-India strike
5 years, 6 months ago

Bengal effect: Coimbatore doctors join all-India strike

Deccan Chronicle  

Coimbatore: In a bid to show solidarity with their counterparts in West Bengal, the Indian Medical Association had announced a 24-hour strike by its doctor-members starting 6 am on Monday. “As many as 1,000 private hospitals doctors besides another 500 doctors who run private clinics are participating in the strike. Even small clinics are participating in the strike demanding protection …

Doctors' Strike LIVE: Bengal Docs Call Off Week-Long Strike, Give Mamata Banerjee Time to Fulfill Promises
5 years, 6 months ago

Doctors' Strike LIVE: Bengal Docs Call Off Week-Long Strike, Give Mamata Banerjee Time to Fulfill Promises

News 18  

Doctors’ Strike LIVE: Ending week-long strike by junior doctors in Kolkata, the agitating medical staff called off their strike on Sunday evening after meeting Mamata Banerjee. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, meanwhile, said the Centre has asked states to frame laws for the protection of doctors as a nationwide strike called by the fraternity in solidarity with their West Bengal …

Calcutta HC refuses to pass interim order on doctors' strike, tells Mamata govt to persuade protesters to resume work
5 years, 6 months ago

Calcutta HC refuses to pass interim order on doctors' strike, tells Mamata govt to persuade protesters to resume work

Firstpost  

The Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to pass any interim order on the strike by junior doctors in protest against an attack on their colleagues at a hospital in Kolkata and asked the West Bengal government to resolve the issue so that patients can get health services. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to pass any interim …

Medical services across country to be hit as doctors threaten strike
5 years, 6 months ago

Medical services across country to be hit as doctors threaten strike

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Various medical bodies on Thursday threatened a doctors’ strike on Friday across the country to protest over rising violence against the medical fraternity. Following the agitation that started from Kolkata on Tuesday, the Delhi Medical Association, in its Emergent State Executive Committee held on Thursday, also called for total medical bandh on Friday to protest against the assault …

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