According tou00a0Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), they decided to put the plan on hold till February 15 after having meetings with the authorities about the issues regarding bond service and revised stipends. They though held that the plan was merely on hold and not dropped because they were "only getting assurances".u00a0u00a0

Nearly 1,700 resident doctors had earlier not reported to work when about 3,500 doctors from civic and government-run hospitals in the state were a part of the ‘mass bunk’ called by MARD on January 24. As doctors are not allowed to go on a “strike” under the Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act the resident doctors went on a mass bunk.