Government doctors five days hunger strike for four demands called off today after eight hours talks with Health Minister: The fast until death by six government doctors for the past five days has been called off today. It is after a marathon eight hours meeting between the office bearers of the Government doctors Association and health minister Vijayabaskar. The meeting held in the Secretariat concluded now with a truce between the government doctors and the Tamil Nadu government.
Health Minister Vijayabaskar, thank the doctors for accepting to call off strike: After an amicable solution obtained after the eight hours marathon meeting, Vijayabaskar spoke to the Press. He thanked the government doctors for calling off the strike and for the amicable solution. He said that the doctor's salaries would be raised by implementing Government Order 354. He said that to finalize the four demands of the government doctors, Senthil Raj IAS, who is now the AIDS Control Association Plan director has been appointed.
The coordinator of Government Doctors Association, Lakshmi Narasimhan spoke to the Press, after calling off the strike: