MKCG medical students threatens to strike

Berhampur: Students of MKCG Medical College in the city planned to go for a strike from Friday onwards to express solidarity with the students of VSS Medical College of Burla, who are sat on a dharna in front of the state Secretariat demanding fulfillment of their four point charter of demands.

MKCG Students condemned the Government’s apathy on their demand. They wore black badges as mark of the protest against alleged misbehavior of the local people against the medical students and house surgeons of Burla Medical College.





MKCG Medical College students protest wearing black badges 


As the Government is not responding on the matter of VSS medical college, junior doctors of MKCG Medical College have threatened to go for a strike where they will not join on their duty from Friday onwards in front of the Medical College.

“According to the decision of our Joint Action Committee, we decided to go for a indefinite strike from Friday onwards, till our demand is fulfilled. The strike will be held in the campus only in a peaceful manner. Under Graduate students will boycott the class and the junior doctors will not join in their duty”, said spokesperson of Medical Students Joint Action Committee Jyoti Prakash Parichha.

It may be noted that the VSS Medical College in Burla was shut down indefinitely after a conflict between agitating students and Burla residents on September 7. Students of the medical college had been on strike since Monday in protest against the attack on PG students of VSS Medical College.