Archive · 2 Oct 2025
Andhra Pradesh PHC Services Unaffected by Doctors' Boycott Threat
Doctors in Andhra Pradesh threatened to stop seeing patients in outpatient clinics because they wanted things like better pay and promotions.
The government said, "No problem!"
and found other doctors, including medical students and doctors from other hospitals, to take their place.
These replacement doctors began working in the clinics on Tuesday.
Even with the boycott call, about 300 of the original doctors still showed up for work.
The government claims that the hospitals have remained functional despite the threat of strike.
There are negotiations between the doctors and the government.
Andhra Pradesh PHC doctors threatened a boycott of outpatient services.
The boycott was set to begin on October 3.
The doctors' demands include promotions, allowances, and increments.
The government stated that healthcare services at PHCs were unaffected.
Alternative arrangements were made by deploying doctors and medical students.
- Who
- Andhra Pradesh Primary Health Centres Doctors Association and State Government.
- What
- Threatened boycott of outpatient services and government's response.
- When
- Outpatient services were threatened to be suspended from October 3
- Where
- Primary Health Centres in Andhra Pradesh
- Why
- Doctors' demands not addressed by the government.
- Event
- Doctors' boycott threat in Andhra Pradesh PHCs
- Affected Services
- Outpatient services
- Government Response
- Alternative arrangements made
- Deployed Staff
- Medical post-graduate students, senior residents, MBBS tutors, and MBBS doctors
- Doctor Attendance
- Around 300 PHC doctors marked attendance despite boycott call