On Saturday, the Maharashtra resident doctors continued the state-wide strike protesting against the delay in the release of NEET PG counseling along with the doctors of three more Mumbai hospitals joining in support.
As per the Central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), nearly 6,000 resident doctors from over 20 medical colleges across the state participated in the protest on Saturday.
The statement released by MARD says, “We will request the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) to issue one notification stating recruitment of non-academic Junior Residents (JRs) equal to the number of residents of that particular colleges. So that patient care would not get hampered amidst OMICRON Covid cases surge.”
