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An ongoing strike by the junior doctors of a government-run hospital in India's eastern Patna city claimed a life on Sunday.The strike by the interns at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), demanding hike in monthly stipend, entered its sixth day. The patients faced a harrowing time as a few nurses struggled hard to maintain services.It is the patients who are suffering, we are doing our duty whatever we can, said Sushila, a nurse.Unconfirmed reports say about 60 patients have lost their lives due to the prolonged strike at PMCH.She died due to lack of doctors. She could not be treated in time and died. We had brought her yesterday at around 6, said Satyam Kumar, a kin of a patient who died of lack of attention.The junior doctors or interns are on strike since November 10, seeking an increase in their stipend from rupees 15,000 (US $323.450) to rupees 25,000 ($539.084). They alleged that the government hasn't paid any heed to their plea since August, forcing them to go on strike.
