Quetta, June 29 (IANS) The doctors strike in Pakistan’s Balochistan province over an acid attack on a female doctor Mah Noor continued for 21st day, resulting in thousands of patients left stranded without medical care. The strike in Balochistan is led by the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) Quetta Zone and the Young Doctors Association. Emergency units, operation theatres and dialysis continue to operate while the outpatients services remain suspended, forcing many elderly people, women and c…
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Quetta, June 26 (IANS) The protest of Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) of Balochistan against the acid attack on a woman doctor Mah Noor Nasir at a hospital in Pakistan’s Quetta, continued for the 19th day on Friday, local media reported. During a recent central meeting, the association decided to escalate the protest and said that the closure of Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) in government hospitals would continue until the authorities do not agree to their demands, Pakistan-based daily The Exp…