The Jabalpur High Court has ordered junior physicians to return to work immediately, but JUDA’s stance has not changed; they have determined that they would not return to work until their 6-point demands are met by the government, and JUDA has collectively resigned against the government’s doctrine.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, after hearing the PIL, declared the junior physicians’ strike during the Corona crisis to be unlawful and wrong and ordered them to return to work within 24 hours, according to Chief Justice of the High Court Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Sujay Pal.
That this doctor’s action is inappropriate in the midst of the Corona issue. The government should take the necessary steps if physicians do not return to work.
In the meantime, Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang has given the striking physicians a 24-hour deadline to return to work, warning that if they do not, the government will take action against them. All of the physicians’ demands have been accepted, according to the same Medical Education Minister.
The Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) held an emergency meeting in response to the High Court decision, deciding that their demands were justified and that the government had so far only given assurances rather than taking any effective action. As a result, the junior doctors went on strike, but if their demands are not met, they will not return to work, according to JUDA President Harish Pathak.
As a result, the government should meet our requests; the President stated that the government is resolute; we want it to speak with us directly, thus the junior physicians have unanimously agreed to quit.
330 junior physicians in Gwalior have tendered their resignations to the Dean of GR Medical College as a result of JUDA’s decision. At the same time, Juda Vice President Dr Ankita Tripathi announced that all three thousand junior physicians in the state, including those in Gwalior, had resigned.
