LONDON: More than 50,000 junior doctors go on two-day strike to mark their protest against the bill seeking 30 percent deduction in salaries and 70 hours duty per week.
The unprecedented decision by 55,000 junior doctors to not provide emergency cover during the 48-hour strike that begins today is a measure of their determination to beat the attack being mounted against them and the National Health Service by the Conservative government.
The strike will have a major impact, with at least 12,711 non-urgent operations and 112,856 outpatient appointments cancelled ahead. In their four previous strikes since January, the British Medical Association (BMA) ensured emergency cover was in place, as has been the case since the NHS was founded in 1948.
Young doctors demanded of the government to take bake the bill. They announced to hold protest outside the PM House. All OPD and emergency serves suspended at big hospitals in London.
