IMA-called strike severely hits OPD operations in Bihar hospitals

PATNA: The one-day strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) severely affected patients across all government hospitals in Bihar on Friday. The IMA is protesting against the Centre's move to allow post graduate practitioners of Ayurveda to be trained for performing surgical procedures. The NarendraModi government notified specific surgical procedures for post graduate students of Ayurveda on November 19. The doctors at Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) in Patna shut the OPD for the day to register their protest. (IANS)

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