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The announcement was made throughout a roundtable, organised by the A.P. PHC Doctors’ Association, on the seventh day of its relay starvation strike in Vijayawada on Saturday.
The affiliation introduced that if the State authorities failed to deal with their considerations, the paramedical employees, together with nurses and pharmacists at PHCs, would stage lunch-hour demonstrations. Medical officers from Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHCs) too have prolonged their help to the strike.
Directorate of Secondary Health Hospital Association, United Medical and Health Employees Association, Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association, 108–104–102 Employees Associations, Samagra Shiksha Contract and Outsourcing Employees Association, A.P. Medical Lab Technicians Association, Praja Arogya Vedika, A.P. Contract Employees Association, A.P. Health Supervisors Association, NHM JAC, AP Government Staff Nurses Association, and AP PM Seva, amongst others, have prolonged help to the PHC medical doctors’ strike.
Urging the State authorities to honour its earlier assurances given to the medical doctors, A.P. PHCDA State basic secretary Ok.M.R. Kishore stated the protest would proceed till their fundamental rights had been achieved.
The affiliation members clarified that their motion was apolitical and for simply calls for. They stated that they weren’t towards the State authorities, however towards a number of insurance policies. They appealed to the federal government to reply with empathy and urgency and resolve their points instantly.
According to info from the affiliation, whereas there are 1,142 PHCs within the State, solely 10% of them are being run with interns from medical faculties, who had been deputed there rather than protesting medical doctors. Most PHCs are operating with simply the paramedical employees, with out medical doctors, the members stated.
Published – October 12, 2025 03:32 am IST
