The state-wide strike by Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) has disrupted medical services at government hospitals. At the city's JJ Hospital, authorities said senior faculty members have had to fill in for absent resident doctors. 

There is a primary demand of increase and revamp of hostel facilities in the state to accommodate increasing enrolment at medical colleges. "Doctors are living in subhuman conditions after working long shifts, which are almost round-the-clock. One small room has more than five people, and there are frequent leakages in the monsoon. Residents need adequate sleep themselves to provide better patient services," said Dr Abhijit Helge, president, Central MARD.