KGMOA to intensify agitation
The Hindu
Doctors to strike on Nov. 1, to go on en masse leave on Nov.16
Doctors in State Health Services, who have been on a silent agitation since the past few months over the denial of allowances and benefits to doctors, are intensifying their agitation.
From November 1, Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA) has decided to launch a ‘Nilpu Samaram’ or a ‘stand up’ strike in front of the Secretariat, to protest against the Government’s continued neglect of the demands raised by the doctors’ fraternity.
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