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Parents of medicos seek end to strike

By Our Correspondent

KAKINADA, JAN. 17. The strike of junior doctors took a twist on Saturday with parents making a fervent appeal to their wards to call off the stir and also at the same time requesting the State Government not to precipitate the situation further but pave the way for an amicable settlement. A group of parents of the medical students of Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada, and GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry, at a press conference here on Saturday evening, expressed anxiety over the future of their children. They said one valuable academic year would be lost if the strike was allowed to continue.

Pathuri Gopalakrishnaiah, Badireddi Ramarao and V. Sarat Kumar --leaders of the parents' body, said it was unwise to continue the stir further, as it would adversely affect the future of the medical students. They said the striking doctors making a hue and cry over user charges was irrational and unreasonable.

In support of their argument they cited how the number of patients had increased at the outpatient wing after user charges were introduced. They claimed that the quality of medicare had improved at the hospitals due to the collection of user charges.

They said they would be leading a delegation to Hyderabad to meet the Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, and prevail upon him to settle the issue early and also not to victimise their children.

Our Hyderabad Staff Reporter writes:

The Joint Action Committee of the Andhra Pradesh Junior Doctors' Association, which is spearheading the agitation, on Saturday condemned the statement of the Health Minister, K. Sivaprasada Rao, which said that the JAC was "not interested in talks" to end the 37-day-old strike.

Sridhar Reddy, chairperson of the JAC, in a statement expressed surprise that there was no invitation for talks from the Government, either oral or written.

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