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 time...