Medicos resume work, students to continue protests

 "We have resumed our duty honouring the apex court's directive only in the interest of the ailing patients. There is no reason to believe that we have backed out from our demand on the quota issue," a 'youth for equality' spokesman said in Kolkata.

OPD services, which were badly hit during the 20-day long strike, were re-opened in all the five premier medical colleges in Delhi this morning, sources in various hospitals said. Basic services in GB Pant, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and Ram Manohar Lohia hospitals were also resumed.

 "We are returning to duty and things will get back to normal within 24 hours," Dr Vinod Patra, president of AIIMS Resident Doctors Association, said in Delhi.
 
Medical students across the country, however intend to continue the strike, called to protest the government proposal to introduce 27% OBC quota in elite educational institutions.

"To comply with the Supreme Court directive to end the strike and keeping in mind the interests of sufferring patients, junior doctors have decided to call of the stir, Kumar Gourav, convenor of 'Youth for Equality', which spearheaded the agitation, told PTI in Bangalore.

In the meanwhile, students would continue boycott of classes and take out rallies to create awareness on their demand among public, he said.

In the second phase of the stir to be launched from June 3, medical services would be kept out of the purview of the agitation, Gourav said, adding, the students would commence the stir by donating blood.