More than 500 resident doctors at the civil hospital here ended their strike after the authorities accepted their demand of providing protection to them while on duty.
On Sunday, the doctors went on strike after a woman doctor was assaulted by relatives and family members of a 64-year-old man who died during treatment in the hospital.
“After Lataprasad, who was admitted for brain haemorrhage died in the hospital, his family and relatives started abusing a team of doctors attending on him. A woman doctor was assaulted and she suffered bruises in the neck,” said a body of resident doctors while announcing strike.
However, on Monday, after several meetings between the junior doctors and the authorities, the medicos announced ending their strike. They agreed to return to work as the authorities have accepted their demands including deployment of armed policemen in the ICU ward and in each floor of the hospital.
According to sources, in view of increasing attacks on medical staff and doctors by relatives and family members of patients, the Gujarat government has decided to deploy State Reserve Police (SRP) personnel on the hospital premises and armed policemen at the ICU ward, trauma ward and other areas of the sprawling campus spread over 100 acres. The hospital caters to more than six lakh people annually.
