Striking doctors say protest will continue till their demands are met
Medicare services at Gandhi Hospital were hit on Wednesday as junior doctors boycotted emergency and inpatient services. The flash strike call given by medicos, after they were attacked by an angry crowd on Tuesday, also had an impact on outpatient facilities at the hospital.
Surgeries postponed
Close to 100 elective surgeries such as family planning, appendicitis, surgeries in the dental department were postponed and patients were sent back on Wednesday. Almost all medical services in the inpatient department too were affected severely, as the medicos boycotted their duties in the inpatient departments of the hospital.
“They stopped giving tokens in the outpatient department after it crossed the 500 mark. I had to take my son to a private clinic because of the strike,” said Ashok, whose son had viral fever.
Gandhi Hospital Superintendent S. Mehboob claimed that all emergency cases were attended to.
He further said that senior doctors and in-service post graduate doctors were roped in the place of the striking junior doctors.
“But if the strike is continued for three more days, it will be difficult for us,” said Mr. Mehboob.
Meanwhile, the junior doctors announced that they would continue their strike until their demands were met.
Keywords: Junior doctors strike, Hyderabad
Doctors should not go in for strike. They should not play with innocent lives.
How many times is this same issue going to repeat before being
addressed? How many lives must be lost before people understand? A
regular doctor in the emergency department in a government hospital is
a house surgeon/ Post graduate who has to work 8 to 12-hour shifts
everyday and a 36 hour shift once or twice a week. The patient load,
the hectic (60 patients in 3 hours anyone?) nature of the work and the
lack of infrastructure all combine to make the work seem like living
hell. Instead of addressing such core issues, if we continue to play
the blame game, someday doctors will start getting killed in hospitals.
Please do not blame the doctors for everything. Blame the
administration too which allows a mob into the wards, the fellow
citizens who allow the mob to commit violence, the media which turns a
blind eye towards overworked, underpaid doctors who sacrifice and ruin
themselves in the process. It is only when doctors strike that they
become newsworthy.
according to my point of view doctors should not be given full right as they can stop the hospitality services and raise their voice towards the strike.its not the reason for which they given emergency postponed of services.its the discussion should be made with administrators and clarify the issue but what for common people should suffer for?if govt encouraging good facilities for doctors they should perform their duties sincerely.they never should think that they have placed at a top level and they can do anything as their wish.
The government hospitals have adequate number of staff but the limited
number of working hours ensures that the doctor does not have adequate
amount of time to discuss the case scenario with the patients and
attendants. This results in a lot of miscommunication wherein the
patients suspect foul play and in a state of emotion vent their anger
out on the hapless staff. The need of the hour is to ensure that the
senior doctors are made to stay for the mandatory eight hours. The
senior doctors have no reason to complain as they have been the first
people to claim parity of salary on the basis of UGC scales. They
cannot be expected to draw good salaries and then work for limited
number of hours. The presence of senior doctors will ensure that the
remaining staff will work full time thereby resulting in more patients
being served in an effectively.With Arogyasree being applicable for
some of the government hospitals, the greater number of working hours
also ensures greater revenue
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