Overview
- The Andhra Pradesh High Court directed doctors to resume duties and asked the state to resolve their demands within two weeks, and following the order APJUDA suspended its 16‑day strike and agreed to return to work from August 26.
- The state government has formed a high‑level committee led by Health Secretary G. Veerapandian to meet APJUDA representatives within days and negotiate stipend and staffing issues.
- Officials say the government has proposed limited stipend moves, including a 10% increase for interns and an annual 3% rise for others, while APJUDA has scaled back its original 30% demand to figures reported between 15% and 20%, with the exact revised demand disputed in reports.
- Nearly 9,000 interns, postgraduates, super‑speciality trainees and senior residents across 19 medical colleges had withdrawn from emergency, ICU and theatre duties during the strike, forcing hospitals to deploy senior faculty and hire hundreds of private doctors to keep services running.
- Separately, AYUSH students and doctors in Telangana continued a 22‑day protest for stipend parity and have threatened intensified action including an indefinite hunger strike, a development that could increase regional pressure on pay and recruitment policy.