Junior doctors strike is on

The indefinite strike by the junior doctors of the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) entered the 8th day on November 17, 2009, affecting the normal functioning of the hospital badly.
Meanwhile, junior doctors rejected the request of Bihar State Human Rights Commission to call off the strike.
Junior doctors are on an indefinite strike to press the state government to fulfill its promise of hiking their stipend from Rs 13000 at present to Rs 25000 per month.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui