Overview
- The Bombay High Court stayed the bail granted to Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre on Sunday and ordered him to surrender to police.
- After the order, IMA Maharashtra suspended a planned 24-hour statewide OPD shutdown set for July 20 and described the pause as temporary.
- The IMA has demanded stricter protections including amendments to the Maharashtra Medicare Act, mandatory FIR registration for attacks on medical staff, fast-track trials, and 24×7 hospital security.
- The doctors' body warned it will begin an indefinite statewide strike from August 9 if the state government does not issue an ordinance or implement the requested reforms.
- Organisers said emergency services, ICUs, maternity care and all life‑saving treatment would continue during any shutdown and the campaign builds on repeated calls to strengthen the 2010 Maharashtra Medicare Act and create a central law to protect healthcare workers.