LAHORE 16 member delegation of Young Doctors Association Punjab, headed by Dr Javed Aheer, on Wednesday called on Minister Health Salima Hashmi and apprised her about situation at hospitals and problems being faced by the medical community. The delegation requested the minister to intervene ...

LAHORE – Young Doctors Association (YDA) protested against ‘gratification’ being received by Mayo Hospital staff for issuing salary cheques to post graduate doctors and house officers, spokesman of YDA said on Thursday.  He said that an application has been moved to Director ...

LAHORE – Punjab Young Doctors Association continued hunger strike at a camp outside the Services Hospital on second day on Tuesday despite inclement weather.The hunger strike was made to press for the demands of release of doctors detained after Gujranwala incident, withdrawal of transfer and ...

MULTAN - Nishtar Medical College and Hospital Principal Dr Sami Akhtar has said that all outdoor patient departments are functional despite strike of young doctors.Addressing a news conference here on Thursday, he added that the strike did not make any difference as the patients coming to hospital ...

LAHORE – Young Doctors Association Punjab’s strike at OPDs of public sector hospitals entered seventh day on Tuesday, while disturbing patients arriving for checkups. Protesting doctors managed to establish camps at a few hospitals while majority of the OPDs continued to work normally ...

LAHORE:  The Punjab Young Doctors Association continued strike across the province on the seventh day on Monday.  The Jinnah Hospital MS removed a protest camp set up by the YDA workers, though they misbehaved with him and hurled serious threats at him. On the other hand, other hospital ...

GUJRANWALA - Despite strike call given by the YDA, the delivery of healthcare services continued in hospitals smoothly as the seniors as well as young doctors performed their duties here.Reportedly, the strike call given by the Young Doctors Association (YDA) failed to get response as the services ...

GUJRANWALA - Despite strike call given by the YDA, the delivery of healthcare services continued in hospitals smoothly as the seniors as well as young doctors performed their duties here.Reportedly, the strike call given by the Young Doctors Association (YDA) failed to get response as the services ...

LAHORE – The Punjab Young Doctors Association received another setback on Wednesday as OPDs of majority of the hospitals either worked normally or with comparatively less attendance of doctors. The YDA announced strike at OPDs and provide healthcare facilities at camps outside the hospitals ...

LAHORE – The Punjab Young Doctors Association has announced a boycott of OPDs the province from Wednesday (today) to protest against government.YDA spokesman Dr Mudassar told TheNation on Tuesday that the young doctors would continue providing health care facilities to the visiting patients ...

RAWALPINDI - The young doctors agitated on Thursday against Punjab government for victimising the doctors after Gujranwala incident in which the Young Doctors Association (YDA) thrashed medical superintendent District Headquarter Hospital to get their contracts renewed.The young doctors claimed ...

LAHORE – Putting aside the court’s order, the Young Doctors Association (YDA) reverted to strike, leaving patients in the lurch.Reportedly, the young doctors boycotted outdoor and indoor services at the government hospitals, disgraced senior doctors and attendants, clashed with police ...

A petition has been filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the Young Doctors Association (YDA) move to go on strike on January 10, if their demands would not be accepted.The petitioner termed the YDA attitude as “criminal negligence” and urged the court to cancel the licences of ...

LAHORE – Punjab Health Department has terminated a doctor and suspended another for going on strike and creating hurdles in the provision of health care facilities to the patients. Moreover two Young Doctorr Association leaders were transferred over the issue. Punjab YDA patron and former ...

LAHORE – Since its inception five years back, Punjab Young Doctors Association has eaten a humble pie for the first time as it called off strike unconditionally without dialogue, though giving six days deadline to the Punjab Health Department for accepting the demands. Punjab YDA was set up ...

LAHORE – The Young Doctors Association (YDA) has wrote to Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) director general to take notice of ex-Haj DG Rao Shakeel’s illegal admission to the Mayo Hospital for more than a half month, said sources.YDA office bearers claimed in their application that ...

PESHAWAR - Young Doctors Association, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, announced to hold a convention to devise a joint strategy regarding future course of action against delay in provision of service structure and resolution of doctors’ community problems. The announcement was made by the Young Doctors ...

PESHAWAR - The Young Doctors Association, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter, Tuesday staged a protest demonstration against the provincial government for not implementing their proposed service structure.The protesting doctors led by Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) provincial president Faisal ...

LAHORE – Expressing reservations over service structure formulated by Punjab Health Department, Young Doctors Association Punjab on Monday urged the government to adopt measures to remove anomalies.  Addressing a press conference, YDA Punjab  spokesman Dr Nasir Abbas said  ...

RAWALPINDI - Young Doctor Association (YDA) Rawalpindi on Tuesday asked Punjab government to restore Rawalpindi Medical College Principal and Allied Hospitals (AHs) Chief Executive Dr Musaddiq Khan within 24 hours, who was removed from his post after a newborn was bitten by a rat in labour room of ...

RAWALPINDI - Young Doctor Association (YDA) Rawalpindi on Tuesday asked Punjab government to restore Rawalpindi Medical College Principal and Allied Hospitals (AHs) Chief Executive Dr Musaddiq Khan within 24 hours, who was removed from his post after a newborn was bitten by a rat in labour room of ...

LAHORE – The Young Doctors Association has appealed to the Health Secretary to direct the King Edward Medical University vice chancellor to making elevator for disabled students functional. This elevator is dysfunctional for the last six months due to out of order equipment lying before the ...

The Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) has every reason to be happy and feel justified in celebrating the recognition that they needed better service structure. The Punjab government has shown magnanimity and accepted 42 of out of their 54 demands. However, the role played by the Lahore High ...

SADIQABAD - Office-bearers of the Young Doctors’ Association and the All Pakistan Clerks Association said that both the associations would hold protest demonstration and stage a sit-in in Lahore against the Punjab government at all costs. Addressing a press conference, YDA Rahim Yar Khan ...

LAHORE–Although the Young Doctors Association (YDA) claimed that political parties are not backing it, the association on Tuesday preferred visiting the Governor’s House to appearing before the Lahore High Court.The LHC summoned the YDA’s leadership in a petition moved by ...

PESHAWAR - Young Doctors Association, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter, office-bearers demanded of the government to give them proper service structure and repeal rules baring them from specialisation and bringing obstacles in the way of their promotion.Addressing a news conference at Peshawar Press ...

LAHORE – Announcing a sit-in protest outside the CM secretariat on Wednesday (tomorrow) to press their demand for service structure, the Young Doctors Association Punjab chapter declared baseless the claim of accepting 42 out of 45 demands.Addressing a press conference at Sir Ganga Rama ...

RAWALPINDI - Members of Young Doctors Association (YDA) Rawalpindi chapter would initiate a long march towards Lahore on November 06 in favour of their demands.According to sources, the young doctors would stage a sit-in in front of the Chief Minister House, Lahore on November 07 to demand the ...

MULTAN - The Young Doctors Association (YDA) is again on the course of agitation against non-acceptance of their service structure as its members are going to stage a sit-in outside Chief Minister office in Lahore on November 7. The medics from Multan, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan will leave for ...

LAHORE – The Young Doctors Association (YDA) continuing its protest for the provision of service structure blocked the Jail Road for nearly two hours on Thursday. The young doctors marched on the road and raised slogans against the Punjab government for not considering their legitimate ...