Overview

• More than 2,800 Primary Health Centre doctors have withdrawn services statewide, halting outpatient care since October 1 and emergency services since October 2.
• The protest is expanding as doctors from secondary health institutions join demonstrations, with a 'Chalo Vijayawada' rally held and a hunger strike announced for Sunday.
• Strikers seek a written, time-bound assurance on restoring a 20% in-service quota in clinical branches after the government fixed 15% for this academic year.
• Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav says he will place the demands before Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, with a special committee examining promotions and allowances.
• A government review found only 103 posts available for in-service PG placements versus 190 seats granted, with 327, 450, and 312 PG doctors projected to return to duty by 2025, 2026, and 2027 respectively.