Chandigarh: The Haryana government has invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act to restrict the Haryana Civil Medical Services (HCMS) doctors' strike. These orders prohibit doctors and Health Department employees from going on strike for six months.

"In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 4(a) of the Haryana Essential Services Maintenance Act , 1974 (40 of 1974), the Governor of Haryana hereby prohibits any strike by doctors and any other category of staff working under the Health Department, Haryana, for a period of six months from the date of publication of this order in the Official Gazette," the notice by Haryana government Chief Secretary read.

Haryana Governor Ashim Kumar Ghosh issued the order after the strike affected public health and

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