Tensions flared on Mall Road as police used water cannons to disperse protesting young doctors against outsourcing of hospitals, leaving two demonstrators--including Dr Shoaib Niazi, President of the Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab--unconscious during the chaos, as reported by the Daw
On Sunday, the Young Doctors Association (YDA) condemned the government's decision to appoint health department staff on a contract basis and threatened a sit-in unless the decision was reversed.
Amid the financial crisis, government hospitals in Balochistan have run out of medicines, Pakistan vernacular media reported citing Young Doctors Association Balochistan.
Balochistan [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): The Young Doctors Association in Balochistan has decided to boycott Out Patient Departments (OPD) at government hospitals across the province against the lack of facilities in the hospitals and rising privatisation.
Gilgit-Baltistan [PoK], June 5 (ANI): Several government employees of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Thursday boycotted work demanding hike in incentives.
Balochistan [Pakistan], April 6 (ANI): Police here on Monday arrested doctors and medical staff, who were protesting over the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits for safety during the treatment of coronavirus patients.
Muzaffarabad [PoK], Apr 3 (ANI): The Young Doctors Association or YDA recently held a protest against the Pakistani government, demanding safety kits for health care staff dealing with suspected coronavirus patients in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.