Mysuru: Outpatient services in Government-run hospitals and nursing homes was hit across the city this morning following a day-long protest called by Indian Medical Association (IMA) Karnataka Chapter in support of the striking junior doctors of Minto Eye Hospital in Bengaluru over alleged assault on a fellow junior doctor by pro-Kannada activists.
Doctors of the Minto Eye Hospital are on strike since Friday last protesting the alleged attack. IMA claimed that all IMA member hospitals and nursing homes voluntarily shut down their OPD (Outpatient Department) services and only emergency cases were taken up. However, OPD services in some private hospitals remained unaffected.
