: Outpatient servicesat many Government and private hospitals in Telangana were hit on Wednesday after doctors went on strike as part of a nationwide call by IMA for 24 hour withdrawal of non-essential services to protest passage of the National Medical Commission bill.
Sanjeev Singh Yadav, Secretary, Telangana wing of the Indian Medical Association, claimed that barring a few corporate hospitals, about 16,000 IMA member doctors and over 10,000 medical students participated in various forms of protests across the state.
He said emergency and in patient services were not affected as they were exempt from the strike.
"Barring a few corporate hospitals, doctors in all hospitals, including in the government, participated in the strike. There was no disruption of emergency services and inpatient treatment," he said
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