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Gandhi medicos go on a flash strike
Two junior doctors were allegedly attacked and injured by relatives of a patient who died minutes after being brought to the State-run Gandhi Hospital in the wee hours of Wednesday, triggering a flash strike by the junior doctors in protest.
Hyderabad: Two junior doctors were allegedly attacked and injured by relatives of a patient who died minutes after being brought to the State-run Gandhi Hospital in the wee hours of Wednesday, triggering a flash strike by the junior doctors in protest.
According to the striking doctors, one 70-year old Md Muneer was brought to the Emergency Ward of the Gandhi Hospital around 3.30 am on Wednesday in a critical condition with severe chest pain.
Though the junior doctors attended to the patient immediately and made all out efforts under their control to resuscitate him, the patient died while undergoing treatment and this triggered violent response from the relatives of the patient who had brought him to the hospital.
The relatives of the deceased patient allegedly attacked the junior doctors, as a result of which two women junior doctors sustained serious injuries. The incident sparked off a flash strike from the junior doctors who struck work and boycotted regular duties paralysing the services in the hospital.
The RMO had a lodged a complaint in this regard with Chilkalguda Police Station. The Superintendent of the hospital Dr Sravan Kumar said all efforts were being made to ensure that the patients were not put to any inconvenience and also holding discussions with the striking junior doctors.
The junior doctors expressed grave concern that this was not the first time that they were being attacked whenever a patient died for no fault of theirs. Despite assurances by the hospital and other concerned authorities that such incidents would not be allowed to recur, there was not protection for the doctors who were sincerely doing their job, said the striking junior doctors.
The Junior Doctors Association (JUDA) said “we would continue the strike till Thursday. As the Minister for Health C laxma Reddy told them that the issues would be settled at Superintendent’s level. We would hold the talks with the Superintendent of Gandhi hospital after that we will take a decision,” said president of the JUDA. Osmania unit president Vijender Reddy supported the strike of junior doctors at Gandhi hospital.
