Archive · 23 Aug 2026
PAV Urges Immediate Talks to End Junior Doctors’ Strike
Junior doctors and some postgraduate medical students are on strike.
They are asking the government to solve problems they have raised.
Praja Arogya Vedika, or PAV, met the doctors in Vijayawada.
PAV said the doctors’ concerns seemed genuine.
However, PAV also said the strike was affecting patients.
Government teaching hospitals treat many people.
PAV asked the government to meet the doctors quickly.
It said direct talks could help both sides find a peaceful solution.
Praja Arogya Vedika urged the state government to intervene in the junior doctors’ strike.
The strike involves junior doctors and super-speciality postgraduate students.
PAV representatives met striking doctors at Siddhartha Medical College in Vijayawada.
PAV said the doctors’ concerns appeared genuine and deserved serious consideration.
The organisation warned that the strike was affecting patient care in government teaching hospitals.
- Who
- Junior doctors, super-speciality postgraduate students, Praja Arogya Vedika, and the state government.
- What
- PAV called for immediate government intervention and talks to resolve the doctors’ grievances and end the strike.
- When
- During the ongoing strike; no specific date was provided.
- Where
- Siddhartha Medical College in Vijayawada and government teaching hospitals.
- Why
- The doctors are seeking resolution of their concerns, while the continuing strike is affecting patient care.
Doctors’ Grievances
Patient Care Concerns
Whether the strike should continue
Doctors’ Grievances
The striking doctors say they have unresolved concerns that require government action.
Patient Care Concerns
PAV said the concerns appeared genuine but warned that continued industrial action was affecting patients in government teaching hospitals.
How to resolve the dispute
Doctors’ Grievances
The doctors are seeking resolution of their grievances.
Patient Care Concerns
PAV urged the government to invite representatives for immediate, sympathetic and meaningful discussions.
- Organisation
- Praja Arogya Vedika (PAV)
- PAV president
- Dr M V Ramanaiah
- PAV general secretary
- T Kameswara Rao
- Striking groups
- Junior doctors and super-speciality postgraduate students
- Meeting location
- Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada
- Main concern
- The strike is affecting patient care in government teaching hospitals.