Quetta: Doctors' strike enters 38th day

QETTA: Despite terror threats on 8th,9th and 10th of Muharram, the doctors vowed to continue their strike until the dismissals of cases against them besides the fulfillment of their demands.

The emergency services remained suspended in all public hospitals for the fifth consecutive day, while the provincial government has sealed all private hospitals. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Nursing Federation announced to support doctors’ strike. However, they continued their services in public hospitals due to Muharram.

The suffering patients all across Balochistan have strongly resented the obstinacy of the doctors persisting to continue strike in spite of grave situation in the backdrop of serious terror threats and the government’s failure in retrieving kidnapped Dr. Saeed Ahmad Khan, which triggered the strike.

The strike is being observed on the call of the Pakistan Medical Association (Balochistan) which was called on after the abduction of Dr Saeed Ahmed Khan, an eye specialist and head of LRBT Hospital, on October 16 from Sariab Road in the provincial capital.