Monday, May 15, 2006
Strike hits Delhi health services
Medical services in the Indian capital, Delhi, are being badly affected because of a strike by doctors in both private and state hospitals. The strike has been called by the Indian Medical Association to protest over police violence against medical students last week.
College students across India have been protesting for weeks against a proposed affirmative action programme.
The government plans to increase quotas in Indian colleges.
Its proposal that nearly 50% of the seats in medical colleges and other institutes be set aside for low-caste Hindus has sparked a major row.
Health services in all government hospitals in Delhi are already hit by an indefinite strike junior doctors began on Friday.
Indian health ministry officials say the government is making all arrangements to ensure that services are not crippled due to the strike.
