His pulse and other vital parameters were weak, RDA leader Dr Anil Sharma said.

However, the other 24 fasting doctors were attending duty in the hospital despite showing sign of weakness.

“If the need arises, then we will admit the person in the hospital and there, all the doctors are free to break the fast any time they want,” he asserted.

Services in the premier healthcare institution are not affected by the strike and patients are being attended to. The doctors, protesting the passage of the OBC reservation bill in the Lok Sabha, are accusing the government of 'betraying' them and failing to secure the interest of the masses.

“This is vote bank politics and nothing else. After almost 60 years of Independence, the country is being divided on caste lines,” Dr Sharma said.

Dr Sharma, who is also on the hunger strike, said the government was not considering any demands or recommendations of the committees on the issue.