GB News host Andrew Pierce has ripped into a junior doctor over the strikes that he labelled as "political".
It was revealed yesterday that junior doctors in England are to stage a five-day strike in the lead-up to the election in their long-running pay dispute with the government.
British Medical Association (BMA) members will walk out on 27 June - a week before election day.
Speaking on GB News, junior doctor Bhasha Mukherjee said: "We've been trying to be strategic throughout. The BMA (British Medical Association) have been in conversation with the government for three months when the strikes were halted again and yet again.
"We're now over a year into this strike motion, and the government have still not been able to offer something reasonable. It's really quite taxing on us as well to just keep feeling like there's hope and then the hope gets taken away.
"I think this is a very strategic move by BMA and also the junior doctors to essentially create some political debate and right up to the election, allow the public to decide who they want to vote for because ultimately the public are suffering as a result of this as well as the junior doctors."
Andrew asked her: "Doctor Mukherjee, do you really think a five day strike a week before a general election is going to get you a 35 per cent pay rise? I've never heard of anything more ridiculous.
"This is a blatant political strike. And who cares about the patients who are going to have their appointments cancelled?"
She argued that this is a "question for the government" before Andrew fumed: "'I'm asking you the question. I'm asking you the question because you're supporting this strike."
The doctor replied: "I hear what you're saying in terms of patients feeling like this is going to affect them. Ultimately, the dates of the strikes are also including the weekend dates when a lot of things are on minimum."
