Tag: Young

Striking doctors still off duty

Young Doctors Association has linked opening of emergency wards in public hospitals with release of arrested doctors and also withdrawal of the cases registered...

Thaw in Punjab govt, YDA standoff

The Young Doctors Association (YDA) called off its strike on Wednesday after successful negotiations with the Punjab government, or so claimed the provincial law...

No breakthrough in govt-doctors standoff

Senior doctors at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) announced closure of all departments at the hospital other than the Emergency Ward and demanded...

Senior doctors withdraw services from PIC

Senior doctors at Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) have announced the closure of all departments at the hospital other than the Emergency ward, and...

Doctors’ strike: LHC issues notices to Secy Health, PMDC, YDA

The Lahore High Court judge Justice Ahjazul Hassan on Tuesday issued notices to Secretary Health, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), and Young Doctors...

Negotiating better

The YDA-government faceoff could’ve/should’ve been avoided Young Doctors have been on a strike for almost two weeks now and many outpatient wings of public hospitals...

11 patients die as govt, doctors lock horns

Following Sunday’s massive crackdown on its leadership by the Punjab government, the Young Doctors Association (YDA) intensified its strike on Monday, refusing to work...

PTI offers to help resolve young doctors’ issue

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has offered his services to the Punjab government to resolve the crisis emerging after strike by the Young Doctors’...

Striking doctors

Just demands, questionable methods How does one dissect (weak pun; not intended) the issue of the striking doctors in the Punjab? Because there’s the debate...

Makeit or breakit

After the failure of talks between the protesting Young Doctor’s Association (YDA) and senior doctors on Sunday, both the young doctors and the Punjab...

Senior doctors to meet YDA

Strike of Young Doctors is going on for the last 14 days while the senior doctors have started their efforts for interrupting the strike....

Public patience runs out, Army steps in

Sick of the ‘stubborn’ attitude of the young doctors, the patients and their relatives held a protest demonstration against the treatment that was being...

Young leaders’ conference from July 1

The Young Leaders’ Conference 2012 will commence from July 1 at a local hotel. This was stated by the Chief Executive Officer of the...

YDA continues strike on 12th consecutive day

The Young Doctors Association (YDA) continued their strike on 12th consecutive day on Friday in government hospitals across Punjab against the non-acceptance of their...

Doctors on strike

This is apropos of the news item about the strike of Young Doctors in Punjab and the deadlock in negotiations between the government and...

You have 3 days!

The Punjab government on Wednesday gave a three-day ultimatum to the protesting Young Doctors Association (YDA) to end strike after Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif...

Doctors’ hullabaloo spills out onto the roads!

Young Doctors Association (YDA) Tuesday staged protest demonstration in front of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital to press the government for their service structure. Dozens...