The Young Doctors Association (YDA) took out a protest rally from their hanger strike camp on Jail Road to the Governor’s House on Wednesday.
The YDA also staged a sit-in in front of the Governor’s House and a delegation of the doctors met Governor Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood and apprised him of their demands. The governor said he would talk to the Punjab government and discuss their demands with the CM. Hundreds of young doctors from government hospitals of the city participated in the rally. However, dozens of doctors performed their duties in emergencies and out and in door departments of hospitals to attend to patients.
The participants of the hunger strike also attended the rally and sit-in on wheel chairs. A large number of workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) also attended the rally.