Despite government's warnings, doctors continued crippling strike and boycotted outpatient departments (OPDs) for the fifth consecutive day in all health facilities across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aiding to patients' miseries. The protesting doctors have also refused to hold talks with the provincial government until their demands, including withdrawal of decision of privatisation of healthcare units and
removal of National Health Task Force head Prof Nausherwan Burki from his position. Patients have been undergoing severe difficulties and criticised doctors and the government for the standoff and blamed their misery on both. Doctors continue protest across KP despite government's warning.
The situation worsened when all OPD services in all major hospitals all over the province were closed due to the doctors' protest following a brawl between a senior doctor and the provincial minister health and his guards in the Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH).