With the state healthcare system affected severely as a result of five day long strike by the resident doctors, the Bombay high court warned the striking doctors to resume work earliest by tomorrow morning. A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni today reprimanded the member doctors of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) to be ready to face government's punitive action if they fail to join work.<br/> <br/>AIR Correspondent reports, Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors today submitted an affidavit in the Bombay High court that the association has no objection if the government takes action against its member doctors who fail to join duty by tomorrow. It also informed the high court that it had tried to pursued its member doctors to join the work since yesterday.<br/><br/>The High has taken the serious note of adamant stand by the protesting doctors even after the state Government and the high court assured them of adequate security. Slamming the doctors on their obstinate stand the high court bench today stated that if the doctors continue their strike then the respective hospital management can initiate action against them and terminate their services.

The Bombay High Court today directed the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) to ask its member doctors to join their duty by tomorrow morning at 8 else the government will have the right to take punitive action and high court will not interfere in the matter.<br/><br/>A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni was today hearing the matter of mass bunk of resident doctors in the state. MARD told Bombay HC that it won't have objection if action is taken against agitating doctors. The association has also filed an affidavit in this regard. MARD lawyer informed the HC bench that the association had tried their best to persuade the doctors to resume duty.<br/><br/>During the hearing earlier in the day, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation lawyer informed the court about the latest security arrangements made at civic run hospitals in the city. the BMC lawyer also informed the court on the number of deaths in civic hospitals across the city which occurred due to non-availability of emergency services in the last five days of the doctors' stir.<br/> '<br/>Meanwhile, in his statement at the state Legislative Assembly this morning, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also warned the agitating doctors of legal action by the government and gave them an ultimatum to resume duties earliest. The CM also met representatives of Indian Medical Association in the afternoon to break the deadlock over doctors' protest.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today gave an ultimatum to striking resident doctors to resume duty or face legal action even as the Bombay High Court gave the state-run hospitals an option to terminate their services. Fadnavis, while describing their attitude as adamant and insensitive,said if the doctors fail to resume work today, government will not sit quietly.He told the state legislative assembly that if no solution is found and doctors don't resume work, they should be prepared to face legal action.<br/><br/>Earlier, the Bombay High Court today came down heavily on the agitating resident doctors of the Maharashtra government hospitals for not resuming duty despite assuring so yesterday. A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni said if this is the doctors' attitude, the respective hospital management can initiate action against them and terminate their services.Nearly 4,000 resident doctors have stayed away from work since Monday, demanding enhanced security in the wake of a string of attacks on their colleagues by patients' relatives at government hospitals across the state. <br/><br/>With the doctors still keeping away from work, the functioning of the OPDs and general wards in the government and the civic hospitals remained affected for the fifth day today. Indian Medical Association (IMA) also made an appeal to the MARD (Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors) to resume duty. Meanwhile, IMA which was supporting Maharashtra resident doctors, has called off stir.

Angry over doctors' adamant stand on their protest for the fifth consecutive day today, Bombay High Court has warned Maharashtra Association of Residence Doctors that if the association does not file affidavit by 3 p.m. today the HC will initiate contempt proceedings against its President and Secretary. A division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G S Kulkarni reprimanded MARD doctors for not complying with yesterday's high Court orders on resuming their duties. <br/><br/>The bench asked the association to file affidavit by 3 pm stating that they have no objection if government takes action against doctors on strike. During today's hearing on a PIL Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Lawyer brought to the notice of the HC that nearly 38 patients have died in government run Sion Hospital in Mumbai yesterday.<br/><br/>The Matter is to be heard again in a short while from now. Earlier, describing the attitude of striking doctors as adamant and insensitive, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis gave them an ultimatum to resume duties after his meet with their representatives later in the afternoon. <br/><br/>Making a statement in the Legislative Assembly this morning, Fadnavis said that if the doctors fail to resume work today, government will not sit quietly. He stated that government cannot leave the patients to die. He also said that he will make a final attempt to break the impasse today by meeting the doctors' representatives.