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Mansehra doctors vow to continue strike
« on: May 28, 2011, 09:56:51 AM »
Mansehra doctors vow to continue strike
MANSEHRA: The doctors here Friday pledged to continue their strike till the acceptance of their demands. Speaking at a press conference here, Provincial Doctor Association (PDA), Mansehra chapter, President Iftikhar Zaidi warned the provincial government to accept their demands or else the strike would be expanded to the tehsil level. On Friday it was the fourth day of the doctors’ strike at the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital but the patients were being provided emergency treatment at the casualty wards. The PDA office-bearer said the doctors’ salaries in the other provinces of the country were higher as compared to Khyber Pakhtun-khwa. He said the government should review the service structure of the doctors in the province. In Mansehra district, the doctors were on strike only at the Abdullah Teaching Hospital, he added.The news