The resident doctors' protest initially began earlier in December but was withdrawn on December 9, following an assurance that the schedule for NEET PG counselling will be released in a weeks' time. That has not happened.
Earlier, videos of the KEM hospital showing dead bodies of corona patients lying unattended among with those undergoing treatment had gone viral on social media.
Irked over the acute shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the country, the doctors and nurses have been protesting against the Pakistani Government since April 16.