Police raid hospital, arrest protesting doctors

LAHORE: Dozens of doctors were arrested after Punjab police stormed into the Services Hospital Lahore at a time when the protesting doctors' emergency meeting was underway.

Meanwhile, services of twenty-four doctors who actively participated in the strike have been terminated.

According to the details, Police entered the hostel after busting through the doors of the hostel and arrested many doctors who were holding emergency meeting to chalk out their future course of action.

Several doctors managed to escape by jumping out of the hostel's windows.

Earlier, Punjab Health Department announced to blacklist the candidature of all the doctors on strike for government jobs if they didn't end strike and resume their duties from Monday.