Radiologists across the country on Friday deferred their indefinite strike by a few months, after the government assured them their issues related to a legislation on sex determination would be addressed.

The Indian Radiological & Imaging Association had on Thursday said it would go on a nationwide indefinite strike from Friday, after it failed to reach a resolution with the government.

We held further talks with the government. We also communicated to our branch presidents the assurances given by the Health Ministry and, barring a few of them, all agreed to defer the strike by at least two-three months and work out a common ground during this time, IRIA President O P Bansal said.

The IRIA had yesterday held a protest at Jantar Mantar to press for their demand of amending the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, claiming that even clerical mistakes committed during their job like writing wrong names of patients are "equated" with sex-determination.

The apex body of radiologists had on August 31 given the first call for an indefinite strike from September 1. Later it held talks with the Health Ministry the same day.