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LAHORE - The Young Doctors Association (YDA) on Thursday night took back its decision to call off its strike in public hospitals across Punjab. YDA president said the bureaucracy wanted to implement its policy of divide and rule, but doctors stood united and would not back down until the fulfilment of their demands on part of Senior Adviser Sardar Zulfikar Khosa.
He said the government only wanted to increase the salaries of house officers, medical officers and post graduate

LAHORE - The Young Doctors Association called off its strike in all hospitals throughout the Punjab on Thursday but more than 23 patients expired over the last 36 hours due to doctors' absence from their duties. The doctors had refused to attend emergency, indoor and outdoor patients as part of their strike, resulting in multiple casualties in different hospitals. Young doctors while addressing a press conference said that they had called off their strike in public hospitals and now

ISLAMABAD - The Young Doctors Association (YDA) urged the government on Thursday to regularise the services of doctors who were working on contractual basis and induct young doctors in BPS-18 to raise young doctors' pay according to the reservations of National Health Commission (NHC) and Pay and Pension Committee (PPC). Briefing journalists at the National Press Club, (YDA) President Dr Muhammad Ajmal said the doctors were struggling for their rights for last many decades.
The

LAHORE - The city's traffic was backed up for miles as members of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) blocked almost all major roads on Thursday. Huge traffic jams were seen on The Mall, Canal Bank Road, Ferozepur Road and Jail Road. Students from Allama Iqbal Medical College came out of the back gate of the college along the Canal Bank Road and sat on the road blocking it completely. The traffic coming from the city side on the Canal Bank Road was diverted from the new campus

LAHORE - Patients continued to suffer as the outdoor patient departments (OPDs) of major hospitals across the city remained closed for the third consecutive day on Thursday owing to the strike announced by the Young Doctors Association (YDA) for a salary raise.
The situation was the worst in Jinnah Hospital where a complete strike was observed with even the operation theatres not working. All hospitals except Lady Willington Hospital, Lady Aitchison Hospital and the Punjab

The medical community decided to protest if any retired professor or a principal of a private medical college will be appointed Vice Chancellor University of Health Sciences in near future. Young Doctors Association (YDA) office bearers demanded Punjab Chief Minister to regard the UHS ordinance 2002 and the principle of seniority cum fitness and appoint a senior and capable Professor from Government sector as UHS Vice Chancellor.

LAHORE - The University of Health Sciences is facing administrative irregularities. The policy of the current administration to award top positions to only students of private medical institutions is leading to deterioration of the standard of medical education in Punjab.
This situation of medical colleges has raised concerns amongst members of PMA and YDA. PMA office bearers and Dr Salman Kazmi in association with YDA office bearers demanded Punjab government to terminate

LAHORE - Young Doctors Association (YDA) Central Office Bearers including Dr Rana Sohail, Dr Salman Kazmi, Dr Aslam Rao, Dr Khalid Idrees, Dr Talha Sherwani and Dr Wajid Wazir in a combined press statement strongly protested against decision of the principal Punjab Dental Hospital to stop payment of salaries of FCPS postgraduate trainee doctors for the last two months.
The officer bearers said that the principal indulging in nepotism and the decision to stop payment of salaries

Lahore - The supply of injection Heparine, injection Verapanil, tablet
Neomercazole and tablet Thyroxin is short in the market for the last one month and patients with heart diseases including patients of Myocardial Infarction, Cardiac Arrhythmias and patients of goiter are suffering with the Federal and Provincial governments yet to take notice of the matter, Young Doctors Association (YDA) Office Bearers Dr Rana Sohail, Dr Salman Kazmi, Dr Aslam Rao, Dr Usra Sadaqat, Dr Khuda

LAHORE: Young Doctors Association (YDA) have demanded the Chief Minister Punjab to announce a special pay package for doctors and raise the salary of a medical officer to Rs.80000 and a senior registrar to Rs.150,000 to stop the brain drain of doctors.
The office bearers of YDA Dr. Rana Sohail, Dr. Salman Kazmi, Dr. Talha Sherwani Dr. Khalid Idrees have stated that Pakistani doctors are the least paid among all the doctors in the subcontinent.
If a special salary package