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Doctors
to resume work, students
to continue strike
New
Delhi: Hours after the Supreme Court ordered agitating
medicos to call off their strike, resident doctors of the
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) decided to resume work,
while medical students decided to continue with their strike
against the government's reservation policy. Resident doctors
of AIIMS have called off the strike and have decided to resume
work from Thursday to avert a direct confrontation with the
Supreme Court. The decision was taken during a General Body
Meeting (GBM) of AIIMS Resident Doctors' Association. The
GBM felt that the Supreme Court had left them with no option
but to resume duties from Thursday, sources said. Observing
that the damage done to the patients was "irretrievable",
the court ordered the medicos to "call off forthwith" all
strikes, protests, demonstrations or any form of dissent.
Senior advocate LM Singhvi said that the students had no trust
on the politicians and now had their trust only with the courts.
The court however, assured the medicos that it would hear
their grievances and have asked them to file separate petitions
and return to work making it clear that no punitive action
will be taken against them. In view of the strike, the Government
had also said that it would take the services of doctors of
the armed forces and the Indian Railways to tide over the
crisis.
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