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Doctors and strike

While there is no doubt that doctors, like all others in society, have desires and expectations, there can be no justification for their striking work leaving the patients in the lurch, however genuine their demands. Strike by employees of other sectors mean loss of money and hours of work. It can be compensated by working extra hours. Doctors' strike, on the other hand, is a matter of life and death.

K. Mahabub Ali,
Hyderabad

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A strike by doctors is undesirable. Of course, medical professionals do not cease to be human beings and have every right to voice their aspirations. There should be a mechanism that can expeditiously and fairly deal with issues pertaining to them so that the threat of abstaining from work with all its consequences is eliminated.

N. Ananthakrishnan,
Pondicherry

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Doctors and lawyers should exhaust all democratic methods of protest and create public sympathy for their cause instead of resorting to strikes.

T.R. Balasubramanian,
Chennai

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