Doctor's Strike - A time for lot of Introspection

After the recent strike by MARD in maharastra now the FHO in Maharastra are on strike.

Unconfirmed reports say that the JDA (Junior Doctor Association) Gujarat is also planning for strike tomorrow onwards.
These both associations main demand is salary hike.
Is it justified or not, I am no authority to decide.
There are some points definately to ponder.
The residents quaters in Maharastra and specially Mumbai are horrible.
I mean what i say.
Same way, the services in villages have no incentives for doctors to stay there.

Patient services in rural hospitals and primary health centres came to a grinding halt on Tuesday with more than 8,000 doctors from the Federation of Health Officers (FHO) going on a strike for an indefinite period. Only deliveries, emergencies and post-mortems were conducted. The FHO, comprising medical officers, district health officers and civil surgeons at rural healthcare centres (including mental and civil hospitals), has been demanding a better pay scale and timebound promotions; now they have threatened to stop even emergency services if the government does not respond to their demands by Thursday.
The strike will also deal a major blow to 10 central health programmes, with the doctors refusing to participate in preventive and awareness activities or maintain data. Doctors have been requesting the government to adopt the 6th Pay Commission, which will increase our pay scales from Rs 9,300 to Rs 15,600 and prompt doctors to accept rural postings.

What can be done to send or make doctors to stay in villages?

But why does a condition arise where doctors have to go on a strike?

Is strike a only way to air grievance?

I know, I am asking too many questions rather than answering??

Please guys, send your suggestions.

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