The World - News from July 21, 1987

Health services in New Delhi and other Indian cities were crippled as more than 8,000 government doctors went on strike to demand better salaries and benefits. The out-patient departments of most of the capital’s 10 major hospitals were closed down, and senior hospital staff members handled emergencies. The strike was called by a group of various medical organizations after it rejected the government’s latest wage offer. The government said it has recruited 1,000 doctors to fill in for the strikers.