Because of the doctors strike 60,000 operations not performed
Owing to the Island wide strike of the doctors normal work in 1084 hospitals scattered in the
country had been parlayed. Altogether 16000 doctors had participated in this token strike.
It has been reported that work OPD treatments, clinics and attending to needs of the patients in wards had been curtailed. In addition over 60,000 operations scheduled had not been performed.