PESHAWAR, May 16 (INP): Patients across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) on Thursday continued to suffer due to an ongoing row between the Doctors Council and provincial government.
The doctors have resumed their boycott after authorities did not fulfil their demand of filing a case against Provincial Health Minister Hasham Inam Ullah who was seen having a braw with a doctor of Khyber Teaching Hospital on Tuesday.
[timed-content-server show="05/17/2019 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]The doctors accused that their fellow Dr Zia Uddin was beaten by the minister and his guards. However, the accusations of the doctors were rejected by the provincial Health Minister. KP Chief Minister Mehmood Khan took notice and ordered an inquiry in this regards. Despite the notice, doctors have boycotted the OPDs of all the government hospitals in the province. INP/LK/AJ[/timed-content-server]