State government doctors have gone on a strike from Tuesday demanding that they should be paid as per the Sixth Pay Commission and should get allowances similar to the central government doctors.
“A total of 150 doctors in the city and 450 doctors in the district are participating in this indefinite strike, which will continue till our demands are met,” said Kalyan Deshpande, president of the Federation of Health Officer (doctors), Pune division committee. “A meeting of the federation was held at a Aundh hospital on Tuesday, where we took the decision to stop work.”
