Mysuru: Doctors of many private hospitals in city wore black badges and attended to patients, protesting against the proposed law that aims to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) with National Medical Commission (NMC), here today. Hospitals were seen functioning normally as all the departments including Out-Patient Department (OPD) and surgery departments. Meanwhile, many cities in the country observed the 12-hour nationwide strike (6 am to 6 pm).
Dr. M.S. Vishweshwara, President, Indian Medical Association (IMA), Mysore Branch, told SOM that as they had received the communication from IMA yesterday afternoon regarding the All-India strike call, they were unprepared for a complete bandh of the functioning of the private hospitals.
