Doda, April 3 -- Medical staff working under the National Health Mission (NHM) launched a 72-hour strike outside the Sub District Hospital Gandoh on Thursday to protest against the state government's allegedly deducting 2.5 days' worth of salary from their monthly pay.

Displaying posters with their demands, the healthcare workers said that they traditionally received this remuneration for working overtime, expressing deep resentment over the sudden financial cut.

The strike was called following an official notice from the Medical Employees Federation of Jammu and Kashmir.

"This protest is for the salary of 2.5 days. We used to get the salary for 2.5 days because we did our duty on Sundays, gazetted holidays, and nights," explained one ...