The Balochistan doctors’ province-wide strike against the kidnapping and murders of their colleagues entered its second on Friday, causing severe difficulties to patients from far-flung areas.
The Pakistan Medical Association’s (PMA) Balochistan chapter announced the strike in protest against the kidnapping of their colleague Dr. Saeed Ahmed Khan.
The out-patient departments in all government hospitals remained completely closed, whereas general operation theatres and wards were boycotted by the protesting doctors.
Earlier, unknown gunmen had killed Dr Abdul Hamid Shahwani in Mastung on Oct 6 and Dr Dawood Aziz Jan was shot dead in Khuzdar on Oct 8. While, a renowned eye specialist, Dr Saeed Ahmed Khan, was abducted on Oct 16 by unidentified armed men from Quetta’s Sariab Road.