Balochistan doctors continued to boycott OPDs on Monday, but provided emergency services in government and private hospitals over the abduction of Dr Ghulam Rasool. The boycott of OPDs entered sixth day on the call of the Pakistan Medical Association, Young Doctors, Baloch Doctors Forum and Paramedics Staff Association, while emergency wards in the government hospitals kept functioning as usual and patients were being provided medical assistance. However, due to the closure of the OPDs, unavailability of doctors in wards and paramedical staff also abstaining from their duties, patients were compelled to leave the wards. Balochistan PMA leaders said they would continue their protests until the safe return of Dr Rasool.
