LAHORE, Oct 15: After a break of two weeks, young doctors have re-launched province-wide agitation for the provision of service structure and quashing of a murder case against their colleagues from Mayo Hospital.

As per schedule announced on Sunday, the young doctors organized first protest demonstration at the Children’s Hospital on Monday.

A long march from Rahim Yar Khan and Rawalpindi to Lahore and sit-in outside the Chief Minister House at 7 Club Road on Nov 7 will be the major show following the protest demonstrations at the health institutions of various districts of the province.

The doctors acted on the call of Young Doctors Association Punjab president Dr Hamid Butt who had announced province-wide protests from Oct 15.

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