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YDA ends strike

YDA ends strike
August 3, 2017
LAHORE (92 News) – Following the successful dialogues with the Punjab government, the Young Doctors have on Thursday announces to open the Emergency of different hospitals. The next round of dialogues will be held today at 1pm after the successful first round of talks. The Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) had staged a protest demonstration and strike in favor of their demands. The convoys of doctors from across the province had reached Lahore to participate in a Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) protest. The doctors of the association had demanded that the provincial health secretary, Najam Ahmad Shah, be removed from his position and the Central Induction Policy, introduced by him, be revoked. The strike had left patients to suffer at many health care facilities across Punjab. Poor patients from far flung areas suffered due to strikes by young doctors. Large number of poor people who had come from far-flung areas for treatment had to suffer due to strike by the young doctors.