With around 15,000 resident doctors of the Central and the Delhi Government hospitals going on one-day strike on Thursday to protest against de-merger of non-practicing allowance (NPA) from their basic salaries, a 70-year-old woman died at lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital allegedly due to delay in treatment.
Shabra Begum, a resident of East Delhi’s laxmi Nagar, had swelling and pain in her abdomen and respiratory problem and her son Shabbir alleged that they had to wait for nearly two hours for treatment due to the strike in the hospital.
The doctors have assured that they will work from Friday. However, they threatened that if their demands are not met, they will hold another strike in coming days.