Striking junior doctors of the Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, on Thursday\ put their agitation on hold till January 31 and resumed work.
The Junior Doctors’ Association (JDA) took the decision at its general body meeting, informed its president Shankar Ramchandani. However, the JDA warned that if the Government fails to meet their demands, they would again resort to agitation from February 1. A ten-member delegation of the JDA had a meeting with Health & Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak on Wednesday. The Minister had assured the delegation to consider the demands.
The strike by about 450 doctors and house surgeons of the medical college since January 12 had rendered healthcare services of the hospital almost defunct.