Doctors posted for COVID-19 duties at the King George’s Medical University (KGMU) in Lucknow are being provided “poor quality” food, and larvae and insects were also found in the meals recently, the Resident Doctors’ Welfare Association (RDWA) of the hospital alleged on Tuesday.
Pictures of a meal with larvae in it were shared by the association along with the letter in a complaint to the Vice-Chancellor.
The pictures were also shared on social media by doctors, including former RDWA KGMU president Neeraj Mishra and former RDWA All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Delhi president Harjit Singh Bhatti.
When contacted, the RDWA KGMU president Kaweri Dande confirmed they had written to the administration about the poor food quality but said they were yet to get a response or any assurance.
In a complaint to the V-C, the KGMU association also said that resident doctors were not provided proper accommodation when they are on round-the-clock duty for two weeks and later in quarantine.
In some rooms, even fans were not working, let alone air-conditioners in the humid weather, the RDWA said, adding that no action had been taken despite many written and verbal complaints by residents.
“It’s so inhuman to treat our frontline healthcare warriors with such grim facilities when world over governments are doing so much for their well-being,” the RDWA said.
