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Patients? woes multiply as docs refuse to relent
HEALTH SERVICES at Sir Sunderlal Hospital in Banaras Hindu University were partially affected due to the indefinite strike by resident doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences that entered its eighth day on Wednesday.
HEALTH SERVICES at Sir Sunderlal Hospital in Banaras Hindu University were partially affected due to the indefinite strike by resident doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences that entered its eighth day on Wednesday.
While medical services at the OPD and general wards of various departments were thrown out of gear, Emergency and Intensive Care Unit services were partially affected today. The premises of Sir Sunderlal Hospital wore a deserted look today, as the authorities continued to play truant since the resident doctors went on strike.
The miseries of patients have multiplied due to the strike and a large number of them had to return without proper diagnosis or medical examination.
Sources said even though there were 827 beds, only around 200 patients were admitted to Sir Sunderlal Hospital. Even critical patients had to return due to lack of manpower at the hospital.
Sources said senior faculty members, including professors, readers and lecturers, entertained the patients at the Emergency ward and the ICU.
Doctors could perform only one or two operations at Sir Sunderlal Hospital on Wednesday, where 20 to 25 surgeries were carried out every day.
Resident doctors are sitting on a dharna outside the IMS building on the BHU campus.
Dr Nitin Bahal, Dr Anshul Kumar, Dr Prem Kumar and Pradipto, under the banner of the Resident Doctors’ Association, sat on a hunger strike on the second consecutive day today.
The doctors have been demanding disciplinary action against the alleged corrupt officials of Sir Sunderlal Hospital and IMS. They have also been demanding removal of HoD of General Medicine Dr NK Singh. They alleged that the BHU authorities were suppressing their campaign.
“The right to expression is completely overlooked here and senior officials are hindering our protest campaign,” Dr Vikram Singh alleged.
Resident doctors said BHU V-C Prof Panjab Singh had invited them for a meeting late on Wednesday evening.
