mumbai medical services across public hospitals were partially hit on friday as thousands of resident doctors went on strike to protest against the assault on their counterparts in kolkata at mumbais tertiary hospitals like kem sion and byl nair footfall in the outpatient department went down by 1020 as doctors participated in demonstrations nearly 6080 elective surgeries were postponed toothe indian medical association ima on friday called for another nationwide strike on monday and urged doctors to boycott opd services the ima has called for withdrawal of nonessential services in all health care institutions on monday including opds for 24 hours from 6 am to 6 am the next day all emergency and casualty services will continue to functionon friday patients at the lokamanya tilak general hospital in sion faced prolonged delays often exceeding an hour before they could meet a doctorafter getting his hand cut in an accident ram yadav was made to wait throughout the night to get his wounds stitched on friday morning his friend said they couldnt find a doctor until his case was labelled an emergencyanother patient at nair said that queues were exceedingly long but senior doctors were treating patients at the rajiv gandhi medical college in kalwa a board was put up urging patients to return the next day if they didnt have an emergencyresident doctors at kem hospital parel held plays demonstrating patientdoctor interaction and how they bore the brunt of patient ire doctors from nair in mumbai central walked around with placards consultants and staffers from private hospitals such as lilavati in bandra wore black badges to worksporting a black band on their arms members from the maharashtra association of resident doctors mard said that they might intensify the protest if the west bengal government fails to act against the culprits