Healthcare services in the Union Territory resumed on October 4 after doctors, nurses and staff of government hospitals called off their two-day sit-in strike following the Chief Minister's intervention.

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They had gone on strike since October 2, demanding action against an Inspector and his relatives for allegedly assaulting a duty doctor and a nurse after his 80-year-old father died at the Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital a few days ago. The strike had hit health care services, except in COVID-19 designated hospitals.

The Chief Minister, at a meeting with representatives of the staff on October 3 night, assured them that cases would be registered under non-bailable sections of the IPC against the Inspector and his relatives. Initially, police had registered cases on a complaint from medical superintendent, but the health staff demanded that they be booked under non-bailable sections.