08-28-2007, 11:48 PM
<b>AIIMS doctors on strike over non-receipt of degrees</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Over 500 resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday evening to protest their not having received postgraduate degrees, despite having passed out two years ago. Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss has reportedly not signed the degrees.
The strike will affect the out patient services at the hospital from Wednesday.
"The health minister is playing with our career by not signing our degree certificates. We have gone on an indefinite strike from 7 pm onwards," Nitin Kukkar, an orthopaedic resident doctor, told IANS.
"We will provide emergency services at the intensive care unit but the OPD service will be suspended," he said.
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The strike will affect the out patient services at the hospital from Wednesday.
"The health minister is playing with our career by not signing our degree certificates. We have gone on an indefinite strike from 7 pm onwards," Nitin Kukkar, an orthopaedic resident doctor, told IANS.
"We will provide emergency services at the intensive care unit but the OPD service will be suspended," he said.
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