WIRE — The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) has announced an indefinite state-wide strike starting today, August 5 over governments move to grant Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) registration to homoeopathy practitioners.Due to this decision, OPD services at all government medical colleges across the state including major government hospitals in Mumbai such as KEM, Sion, Nair, and JJ Hospital will remain closed on Wednesday; however, emergency services will continue to operate. MARD states that while several rounds of discussions regarding this policy were held with the government, no satisfactory assurances were received. The organization maintains that the matter is currently sub judice and that implementing the policy without establishing a clear legal and regulatory framework would not be in the interest of patient safety.
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