7th Pay Commission: Doctors in govt hospitals in Delhi go on strike

The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to revise the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which they termed were `particularly discriminating to doctors`.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Doctors in government hospitals in Delhi have went  on strike Thursday demanding increase in their salaries and allowances.

They also threatened to go on an indefinite strike from June 1 if their demands is not fulfilled.

The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), an umbrella organisation of 15,000 resident doctors across 41 government hospitals in the national capital, has also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to revise the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which they termed were "particularly discriminating to doctors".

With Agency Inputs