Endurance of junior doctors; Hunger strike for not withdrawing the retirement age 64 circular.

▫️Rayat Samachar▫️

Mumbai (Gurudatta Wakdekar) 20.3.2023 

 In order to favor certain doctors, raising the retirement age of professors to 64 will cause injustice to hundreds of junior doctors. Therefore, on March 4, he met the commissioner at the municipal headquarters and made a statement to withdraw the circular on the retirement age of 64 for the professors issued. At that time, the commissioner had promised to withdraw the circular after discussions in the next 7 days; However, even after 15 days, the patience of the junior doctors has run out due to the non-withdrawal of the unjust circular, and the doctors' teachers' association has now taken a protest stance.

A wave of anger has erupted among hundreds of junior doctors. A dharna movement will be held at Azad Maidan from Tuesday, March 21. However, if no decision is taken, there will be a sit-in in all the hospitals, followed by a hunger strike and the last step is preparation for mass resignation, warned Dr. Junior Doctors Teachers Association Secretary. Given by Ravindra Devkar.

Nature of Movement:-

■ Dharne Andolan March 21, 9.30 am

■ Chain indefinite fast

■ Chakka Jam Andolan in all hospitals

■ As a last resort mass resignations will be given from March 30

■ Indefinite agitation in Azad Maidan since April

■ Will continue to fight through legal means.