On the fourth day of resident doctors being on "mass leave", the Bombay High Court told them, "First you resume, we will look into security measures by the State."
Advocate General Rohit Deo informed a division bench of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur and Justice G.S. Kulkarni that he will file an undertaking that 1100 security personnel will be deployed all over the State. He said by April 5, 500 Maharashtra State Security Corporation personnel will be deployed at hospitals in the city and remaining by April 15.
Justice Chellur said, "I will myself make a visit to the hospitals to check if they are there." She added, "We will hear the matter every 15 days to check for substantial compliance."
The bench reiterated its previous order of allowing only two relatives per patient in all civic and State run hospitals to avoid any mishap.
The court told the President and Secretary of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors present in court, "Tell your members your profession is sacred, you can't go on strike. We understand the State has not done what it should have done but that will be taken care off."
The bench then took on record an undertaking by them that said, "We will take steps to request all the members to join their duty."
