Health services in the State are set to be hit on Monday as various doctors’ unions have decided to join the Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) call for a strike for stopping non-essential health services on the day in protest against the assault on doctors in West Bengal. .
The IMA State Branch, the Junior Doctors’ Association (JDA), the Odisha Medical Services (OMSA) and the Resident Doctors’ Association held an emergency meeting here on Sunday and took the decision, said IMA State general secretary Dr Janmejaya Mohapatra.
‘Doctors of both Government and private hospitals will not attend outdoor patients on Monday. Only emergency cases will be taken care of,” said Dr Mohapatra.
He informed that the Nursing Home Association has also extended support to the IMA strike.