Junior doctors shouldn't blackmail people at peak of pandemic: MP Medical Education Minister

MP Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang on Friday said that it is not appropriate for striking junior doctors to blackmail patients at the peak of a pandemic.

The stand-off between the Madhya Pradesh government and junior doctors posted in medical colleges across the state further intensified on Friday as medical education minister Vishwas Sarang hit out at the striking doctors saying, it is not appropriate to blackmail patients at the peak of a pandemic. The striking junior doctors responded by claiming that all the doctors united and submitted their mass resignations to the government in response to the state high court’s directive on Thursday that asked the striking doctors to resume their duties within 24 hours. The high court, while calling the strike "illegal", criticised the doctors for choosing a time when the pandemic had devastated people across the country.