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Fadnavis Says Patient Care Disruptions Unacceptable as MARD Withdraws Strike
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.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said protests that disrupt patient care are inappropriate.
The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) called off its indefinite strike after the Bombay High Court took suo motu cognisance of the disruption.
The strike opposed the Maharashtra Medical Council's registration of Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP)-qualified BHMS practitioners.
Outpatient department attendance dropped by nearly 50 percent at several major government hospitals in Mumbai during the agitation.
The Bombay High Court directed doctors to resume work immediately and assured them their grievances would be heard in full.
- Who
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), and the Bombay High Court Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad.
- What
- Resident doctors withdrew their indefinite strike against the registration of CCMP-qualified BHMS practitioners after the Bombay High Court ordered them to resume work.
- Where
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- When
- Thursday, August 6, 2026.
- Why
- The doctors were protesting the Maharashtra Medical Council's registration of CCMP-qualified BHMS practitioners, while the chief minister and the court intervened because the strike was disrupting patient care.
Protesting resident doctors
Government and High Court
Strike over MMC registration
Protesting resident doctors
Resident doctors went on an indefinite strike to oppose the Maharashtra Medical Council's registration of CCMP-qualified BHMS practitioners and insisted their grievances deserve a full hearing.
Government and High Court
The chief minister said any protest that hampers the treatment and relief of patients is inappropriate, and the High Court ordered the strike withdrawn without delay while promising to hear the doctors' side.
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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