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Health services hit

PATNA, AUG. 23. Health services across Bihar remained paralysed as private and government doctors went on a day's token strike today and the 72-hour strike by Bihar Druggists and Chemists Association (BCDA) entered the third day.

Doctors went on strike to protest against the ``growing incidence of violence against them at the call of the Indian Medical Association''.Patients admitted in government hospitals faced severe hardships with doctors from primary health centres to medical colleges abstaining from work.

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