CHANDIGARH : Health services were affected in Punjab on Friday as government doctors went on a day-long strike against the recommendations of the state's sixth pay commission related to non-practising allowance and pension benefits.
Outpatient department (OPD) services remained suspended in government hospitals, with doctors at many places holding demonstrations.
However, all emergency services, COVID-19-related work including duty of doctors in isolation wards, and vaccination continued as usual, Dr Gagandeep Singh, president of the Punjab Civil Medical Services Association, told PTI over phone.
The strike call was given by the Joint Punjab Government Doctors Coordination Committee, which has members from the Punjab Civil Medical