The Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) has requested the Ministry of Health to declare Saturday as a holiday in addition to the existing holiday on Sunday. This was made known via a letter by the AMS today (17). "We wish to propose this as an interim remedial measure to ease the burden on health care delivery system as well as health care personal only until the current fuel crisis is over. This will definitely ease the demand for fuel with regard to national consumption at least to some extent and result in better and more efficacious use of resources that are already scarce. Our proposal to declare Saturday as a temporary special holiday (off day like Sunday) for the health sector is purely as a measure to save energy and foreign exchange for the country. However, the emergencies and inward patients will be attended like in any other day," the letter read. Further, the letter stated that with the collapse of the system, which is bringing everything to a halt, exclusive fuel stations should be allocated for medical professionals. "Whilst cautioning of the imminent system collapse, bringing virtually everything to a halt, we urge you to arrange few dedicated (exclusive) fuel stations to health care workers at least on a rationed basis. Since people are violent and agitated due to severe fuel shortage, such dedicated fuel stations may need effective security using armed forces to avoid clashing with the public. Some fuel stations may have to be taken over by armed forces for this purpose," the letter further noted. Meanwhile, the letter further mentioned that due to the ongoing scarcity of fuel to physically attend work, members of the AMS have been asked to stay at home and to be contactable via telephone call. "As we have now come to the worst ever position with regard to access to fuel to go to work and attend emergencies, we have no choice other than asking our members to stay at home while keeping only their contactability for telephone advise on as the government seems to be not interested in prioritizing a solution," the letter concluded.