Archive · 25 Sep 2026
AIIMS Jodhpur Emergency Services Hit Amid Resident Doctor Strike
A resident doctor named Raj Naresh Yadav died by suicide at AIIMS Jodhpur.
His colleagues said that increasing work pressure contributed to his death.
They began protesting outside the hospital’s OPD.
The protest continued for a third day on Friday.
The doctors stopped working and the OPD stayed closed.
They want the people they blame for the situation to resign.
AIIMS Jodhpur director Dr Govardhan Puri visited them and asked them to stop protesting.
The doctors did not accept the appeal and continued their demonstration.
Resident doctors at AIIMS Jodhpur continued a sit-in on Friday, marking the protest’s third day.
The doctors said their colleague, Raj Naresh Yadav, died by suicide because of increasing work pressure.
Protesting doctors refused to resume work until their demands were addressed.
The OPD remained closed until further notice, disrupting services at the institute.
Director Dr Govardhan Puri visited the protest site and appealed to doctors, who continued demanding resignations from those they blamed for Yadav’s death.
- Who
- Resident doctors at AIIMS Jodhpur, Raj Naresh Yadav, and AIIMS Jodhpur director Dr Govardhan Puri.
- What
- Resident doctors continued a strike and sit-in after Yadav’s suicide, keeping the OPD closed and demanding resignations.
- When
- The protest entered its third day on Friday.
- Where
- AIIMS Jodhpur, including the area outside its OPD.
- Why
- The protesting doctors attributed Yadav’s death to increasing work pressure and demanded accountability from those they held responsible.
Protesting Resident Doctors
AIIMS Jodhpur Administration
Cause of the death
Protesting Resident Doctors
The resident doctors said increasing work pressure contributed to Raj Naresh Yadav’s suicide.
AIIMS Jodhpur Administration
The article does not report a specific response from the administration about the alleged work pressure.
Response to the protest
Protesting Resident Doctors
The doctors refused to resume work until their demands were addressed and demanded resignations from those they blamed.
AIIMS Jodhpur Administration
Director Dr Govardhan Puri visited the protest site and appealed to the doctors, but the protest continued.
Hospital services
Protesting Resident Doctors
The doctors’ continued strike kept the OPD closed until further notice.
AIIMS Jodhpur Administration
The administration’s reported effort was to engage with the protesting doctors through the director’s visit and appeal.
- Institution
- AIIMS Jodhpur
- Deceased doctor
- Raj Naresh Yadav
- Protest status
- Third day on Friday
- Main action
- Resident doctors staged a sit-in and refused to resume work
- Service impact
- The OPD remained closed until further notice
- Doctors’ demand
- Resignation of those they held responsible for circumstances leading to Yadav’s death
- Administration response
- Director Dr Govardhan Puri visited the protest site and appealed to the doctors