New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) and other doctors' associations have opposed the move of the AIIMS director's letter on standard operating procedures (SOPs) for sitting members of Parliament.

New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): The delay in NEET Super-Speciality Counselling 2021 and subsequent admission of candidates will impact the delivery of quality patient care services, the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) said.

Mumbai Dec 31 PTI Resident doctors in Maharashtra continued their stir on Friday demanding recruitment of non-academic junior residents equal to the number of residents in colleges Avinash Dahiphale president of Central Maharashtra State Resident Doctors Association MARD said this will ensure patient care is not hampered in view of the COVID-19 case surge We will request DMER to issue one notification starting recruitment of non- academic JRs equal to the number of residents in that particular college so that patient care would not get hampered amidst Omicron- Covid cases surge We are still on strike until our demands get fulfilled a release from the doctors association saidMeanwhile resident doctors in Delhi who have been protesting over the delay in NEET-PG counseling for two weeks called of their strike on Friday following assurances from the Union government The stir by Federation of Resident Doctors Association FORDA was called off at 12 noon it said in a statement PTI PR BNM BNM BNM

New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) has formally called off its strike against the delay in NEET 2021 counselling.

New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): Resident Doctors' Association of Delhi's Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Thursday said that its members are "resuming services completely" following assurances from senior officials of the Union Health Ministry and Delhi Police over the FIR and NEET 2021 counselling issue.

New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): AIIMS Delhi Resident Doctors Association (RDA) on Tuesday announced that it has decided to take back the decision of holding a strike tomorrow.

New Delhi Dec 27 PTI Intensifying their stir over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling scores of resident doctors in Delhi on Monday symbolically returned their lab coats and took out a march in the streetsAs the protest continued patient care remained affected at three Centre-run facilities -- Safdarjung RML and Lady Hardinge hospitals -- and some of the Delhi government-run hospitalsThe Federation of Resident Doctors Association FORDA has been spearheading the protest for the last several daysFORDA president Manish claimed that resident doctors of a large number of major hospitals on Monday returned their apron lab coat in a symbolic gesture of rejection of servicesWe also tried to march from the campus of the Maulana Azad Medical College MAMC to Supreme Court but soon after we had started it security personnel did not allow us to proceed he saidManish also alleged that several doctors were detained by police force and taken to police station premises before being released after some time He also alleged that police force was used and some of the doctors were injuredFORDA in its Twitter handle also showed police personnel and protesters grappling with each other with a police bus seen in the backgroundHowever police denied any allegations of lathicharge or use of abusive language from their end and said 12 protestors were detained and released laterThey said for over six to eight hours the protestors blocked the ITO road Repeated requests were made to them to move away from the spot but they continued to jam the road Later both the carriageways of the ITO Marg were also blocked by the protestors according to the policeWe spoke to the association members and tried to sort out the issue but they continued to block the roads a police official saidAccording to police while the protestors were being removed from the roads they tried to tear the uniform of the police personnel They even broke the glasses of police vehicle and misbehaved with the forcesWe returned taali thali and flowers symbolically and burnt diyas and today we also returned our apron which is the symbol of our medical service But we have not heard anything from the government authorities so our protest will continue Manish saidThe association on Saturday had said its members will be forced to go for mass resignation from services if their demands bare not met at the earliestScores of resident doctors had on Saturday also lit up diyas to register their protest here even as patient care remained affected at various facilities in the cityOn Wednesday a large number of doctors had protested outside the Nirman Bhawan which houses the office of the Union health ministry and then late evening that day they had assembled on the premises of MAMC and lit up diyas and marched aroundMAMC comes under the Delhi government and three facilities including the LNJP Hospital are attached to itLast Tuesday a group of doctors had thrown flowers on security barricades and clanged utensils and clapped in front of the Nirman Bhawan here saying they were symbolically returning the adulation showered on them for being Covid warriorsPTI KND AMP SRY

New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): The Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital Administration on Tuesday issued a notice to resident doctors, who are protesting over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling, threatening disciplinary action.

Panaji Nov 30 PTI The Goa Association of Resident Doctors GARD will work with black arm bands from Wednesday onward in solidarity with counterparts from Federation of Resident Doctors Association FORDA which has called a nationwide strike of OPD services demanding speeding up of the NEET PG 2021 counseling and admission process GARD president Dr Pratik Sawant told PTI on Tuesday his outfit had given notice to the medical superintendent of Goa Medical College to withdraw routine services from the Out Patient Department indefinitely from Wednesday Despite this prior notice the state government invoked Essential Services Maintenance Act from Tuesday he said GARD has decided not to go ahead with the OPD strike but instead work with black arm bands as a mark of protest The lack of support from the government which invoked ESMA is disheartening We had called for withdrawal of only OPD services and other facilities be it in wards casualty etc would not have been hampered he added PTI RPS BNM BNM BNM

New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) continues to observe nationwide strike of OPD service under the Central government in demand of expediting the NEET PG 2021 counselling as well as admission process.