ESMA imposed by Delhi Government on striking Doctors.
Delhi government on Tuesday imposed Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) Act on resident doctors on strike as they failed to resume work by 11am as ordered by the government.Around 2,000 doctors at 20 hospitals in the national capital on Monday launched an indefinite strike, demanding adequate life saving drugs, security at workplace and timely payment of their salaries.
The strike by resident doctors at 20 hospitals run by the central and Delhi governments and civic corporations including Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Maulana Azad Medical College affected services at the facilities. This comes a day after Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted yesterday, “Most demands of striking docs genuine. I hv directed health dept to implement them. Health dept shoould have resolved it earlier. This govt is committed to providing best health facilities to masses. It cannot be done without cooperation of docs.”
