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Fadnavis Says Patient Care Disruptions Unacceptable as MARD Withdraws Strike

Fadnavis Says Patient Care Disruptions Unacceptable as MARD Withdraws Strike
Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis Says Protests Disrupting Patient Care Are Unacceptable As MARD Withdraws Strike - VIDEO · freepressjournal.in

Some doctors in Mumbai take care of sick people at big hospitals.

This week, many of them stopped working to protest something the government did.

The government's medical council decided to register some homeopathy doctors who took a special modern pharmacology course.

The resident doctors did not think that was right.

When they stopped working, lots of patients had to wait for a very long time, and some went home without help.

The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis, said it is not okay for protests to stop patients from getting treatment.

A very important court called the Bombay High Court also stepped in and asked the doctors to go back to work right away.

The court promised to listen to the doctors' problems later.

After that, the doctors' group called MARD called off their strike.

Now the doctors are back at work, and the court will hear their side of the story.

Key facts

Chief Minister
Devendra Fadnavis
Protesting body
Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD)
Strike status
Withdrawn on August 6, 2026
Protest issue
MMC registration of CCMP-qualified BHMS practitioners
Affected hospitals
Sir JJ, KEM, Sion, Nair and Cooper hospitals in Mumbai
OPD impact
Attendance down nearly 50 percent at several hospitals; emergency services, ICUs and surgeries continued
Court action
Suo motu cognisance; notices to IMA (Maharashtra), MARD and the State Medical Education Department
High Court Bench
Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad

Quotes

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

Chief Minister of Maharashtra

“Any protest that hampers the treatment and relief of patients is inappropriate.”
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