Doctors' body backs Maha doctors protest over BHMS-CCMP registration with Medical Council
- On Thursday, the Bombay High Court ordered Maharashtra resident doctors to immediately call off their indefinite strike against homoeopathy registration, directing them to resume services post-lunch and citing patient safety concerns.
- The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors launched the indefinite strike Wednesday to protest the state's June 30 notification permitting homoeopaths to register under the Maharashtra Medical Council and prescribe allopathic medicines after completing a six-month certificate course.
- A bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad initiated a suo motu petition, questioning the "right to strike at the cost of patients" and warning that doctors' wages would be withheld if they failed to return immediately.
- Following the court's intervention, MARD president Dr. Atharva Shinde agreed to call off the strike, while the court appointed senior counsel Vineet Naik and advocate Amogh Singh as amicus curiae to draft a petition preventing future doctor strikes.
- The court scheduled a further hearing for September 8, while Advocate General Milind Sathe cited a 2017 ruling prohibiting strike continuations and noted that past protests resulted in at least 50 patient deaths due to lack of care.
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HC orders Maha doctors to call off strike immediately, cites patient safety
The Bombay High Court has ordered resident doctors in Maharashtra to immediately end their strike, which was protesting the registration of homoeopaths under the Maharashtra Medical Council. The court expressed grave concern over patient safety and warned of wage stoppage, leading the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) to agree to call off the protest.
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