Mysore/Mysuru, March 10 -- Outpatient Department (OPD) services at Government Hospitals across Mysuru district are likely to be severely affected from tomorrow as doctors and other medical staff have called for a State-wide indefinite strike.

The strike has been called by the Karnataka Government Medical Officers' Association (KGMOA) in collaboration with the Karnataka State Health and Medical Education Department Employees' Central Association and other cadre staff associations. The key demands include adequate and timely supply of medicines to Government Hospitals, amendment to the Cadre and Recruitment (C&R) Rules, which have not been revised since 1973 despite a Government mandate to amend them every three years and preparation of se...