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31 May 2006

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The bench directed that all protests, strikes and demonstrations relating to the issues before it be called off forthwith and that medical services be restored, citing a patient's right to treatment under Article 21. It said it was sure the government would take no punitive action once the strikes were called off, and directed that doctors whose services had been terminated be allowed to rejoin within three days; the Additional Solicitor General stated that the termination orders would then be recalled. It added that anyone could make representations to the Centre or apply to join the case. The same day Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss warned that doctors who did not resume duty would be served termination notices. Resident doctors of AIIMS, Safdarjung, Lady Hardinge and Maulana Azad Medical College called off the strike that night; IIT, JNU and Delhi University students said they would continue. On 1 June the court recorded that normal medical services had been restored. [3][4][2][1][5]

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