On Friday, Maharashtra’s resident doctors have called for an indefinite strike across the state. The Maharashtra State Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) declared that the strike will begin from 11 am today and will continue till the demands are fulfilled.

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Dr Akshay Yadav, a member of MARD said, “We have an update that at 11.30 am on Friday the higher authorities have called us to the Ministry to discuss the matter. But we want written assurances which we have not received yet. Doctors have sacrificed everything for the people of India. So we just want justice for COVID warriors. Hence we have decided to declare our strike from 8 am on Friday”.

The doctors have demanded a waiver of tuition fees for postgraduate medical students, Covid incentives, and better hostel facilities at government-run medical colleges, etc.

“Our primary demand is that academic fees should be waived off. Secondly, the hostel conditions should be improved as they are not good throughout Maharashtra. Third, TDS should not be deducted from the stipend of resident doctors of BMC hospitals. The government hospitals throughout Maharashtra have not received the COVID incentives. They should receive the incentive,” Dr Yadav added.