Junior doctors’ strike “anti-people”: Nitish

Patna, August 30: Terming as “anti-people” the indefinite strike by junior doctors at Patna Medical College Hospital and Darbhanga Medical College Hospital, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today urged them to withdraw their stir immediately “in larger interests of the people”.

“The strike by junior doctors at the two hospitals are anti-people. I appeal to them to withdraw the stir immediately in the larger interests of the people,” Kumar told reporters here.

Kumar said he had asked the state Health minister to look into the matter.

Junior doctors’ strike entered four day today demanding introduction of pay scale instead of stipend for them.

—Agencies