Resident doctors at JJ Hospital---who were on strike for the last four days---withdraw their strike on Tuesday evening. The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) took the decision after receiving a written assurance from the state government of deploying security guards in the hospital ward.
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Mumbra resident, Zaida Sanaullah Sheikh (45) was being treated for a gall bladder ailment at JJ Hospital. On May 19, Saturday morning, she expired. Her family members then blamed doctors for her death and attacked doctor Atish Parikh and a woman doctor who were on duty, fracturing her hand. Acting on the incident, the police have arrested five people including a woman under sections 352, 353 of IPC.
After this incident, 400 doctors went on strike. They continued their protest after their failed talks with authorities concerned. Finally, on the fourth day of the strike, the medical education minister Girish Mahajan took a meeting with MARD officials and agreed to deploy security guards in hospital wards.
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