The Young Doctors Association (YDA) on Saturday called off its strike and resumed services in all hospitals. Addressing a press conference, YDA offices-bearers Dr Amir and Dr Nasir Abbas announced the decision to end the strike late Friday night.
The doctors resumed their duties early Saturday morning.
The YDA office-bearers said that cases should be registered against those who were involved in the assault on the medical superintendent and senior doctors in Gujranwala.
They gave six days to the government for acceptance of their demands regarding service structure which they said has not been announced.
The association also warned that it would launch a protest across Punjab if their demands were not met.
While the young doctors were on strike, patients continued to suffer in their absence. Once the services were resumed, patients thronged to hospitals in large numbers.
YDA went on strike when doctors including YDA Gujranwala President Dr Kashif Bilal were arrested for torturing Dr Anwar Aman, medical superintendent (MS) of Gujranwala District Headquarters Hospital. The arrested people had also ransacked office of the MS.
Following the incident, the protesting doctors closed OPDs of all government hospitals in the city, including Mayo Hospital, Services Hospital, Ganga Ram Hospital, Jinnah Hospital, Mian Munshi Hospital, Nawaz Sharif Hospital and General Hospital.