Hundreds suffer as doctors’ strike paralyses OPD services in Assam

Guwahati: Patients in large numbers visiting the OPD (outpatient department) of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) had to bear the brunt as the department, otherwise very busy on normal days, came to a grinding halt on Monday. This followed the decision of the Junior Doctors’ Association of GMCH to join the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for a 24-hour-long nation-wide strike demanding enactment of a central law to check violence against healthcare workers.