Doctors on strike: Patients suffer, what will happen next?

Scores of junior doctors have resigned after the division bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court had declared their state-wide strike as "illegal" and ordered them to resume work within 24 hours.

The Junior Doctors' Association (JUDA) had been on a strike for the past couple of days, pressing for various demands, including a hike in their stipend.

On Thursday, the High Court while hearing a petition called the strike "unconstitutional" and asked the JUDA members to return to their work within the next 24 hours.

The government had been told to take strict action against those doctors who do not resume their work within the stipulated time.