Strike by doctors, other staff enters 5th day at Shaikh Zayed Hospital in Lahore

Outdoor/OPD doctors, nurses, and paramedical staff of Shaikh Zayed Hospital (SZH) staged a protest and continued their strike for fifth consecutive day on Thursday to protest non-payment of their salaries, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The OPD services remained closed and a protest demonstration was staged by the Young Doctors Association (YDA), Young Nurses Association (YNA), and Paramedical Alliance within hospital premises.

The hospital staff were raising slogans against the federal government and the hospital administration for not paying salaries to the doctors, nurses, and other medical staff.

The Young Doctors Association, SZH, president Dr Hasan Raza Kathia said that salaries have not been paid to the hospital staff for more than two months.

According to the Grand Health Alliance, there is a severe shortage of medicines in Shaikh Zayed Hospital, even syringes, life-saving medicines, and X-ray machines are not available due to which patients are suffering severe problems.

The hospital staff stated that the protest would continue until their demands were fulfilled.

Reporter: Zahid Chaudhry and Azmat Awan