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NORMAL MEDICAL services at the Sir Sunderlal Hospital in Banaras Hindu University were paralysed as senior consultants extended their support to the ongoing anti-reservation agitation of medical students and went on a one-day mass-leave here on Wednesday.
NORMAL MEDICAL services at the Sir Sunderlal Hospital in Banaras Hindu University were paralysed as senior consultants extended their support to the ongoing anti-reservation agitation of medical students and went on a one-day mass-leave here on Wednesday.
Medical services at almost all the wings of the SS Hospital such as Out Patient Department (OPD) ward, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and operation theatre were paralysed as faculty members of the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS-BHU) under the banner of Association of Teachers’ of Modern Medicine (ATMM) observed a one-day token strike today.
Patients coming from far-off places such as Jaunpur, Mirzapur, Chandauli, Ghazipur, Ballia, Bhadohi, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand were the worst sufferers. However, some doctors attended the emergency ward but only 11 patients were extended medical services till 11.30 am. today. Raj Kishore Sharma, who had come from Aurangabad in Bihar, was seen running from pillar to post to get her 11-year daughter, Rinku treated upon her right fractured leg.
“Now I will have to stay here till tomorrow to get my daughter diagnosed as no doctor is available in the hospital,” Raj Kishore told Hindustan Times.
Besides, several patients moved to other private clinics in Lanka area for an early treatment. Most of the indoor ward of the hospital wore a deserted look as a large number of patients have migrated to other hospitals in the city. Neither Director of IMS-BHU, Prof Gajendra Singh nor Medical Superintendent of SS Hospital, Prof Churamani Gopal were available for comments.
Meanwhile, intensifying their agitation against the Union Government’s decision to enhance reservation for OBCs in Central Government-funded higher academic institutes, the medical students of BHU have made a call for ‘Banaras bandh’ on June 2.
Several groups of agitated medicos today contacted trader leaders of various organisations to get their support for the proposed Banaras bandh on Friday.
“The main objective of the proposed Banaras bandh is to garner support of a cross section of society for our anti-reservation campaign,” said general secretary Dr Mahesh P Kate Resident Doctors’ Association.
Besides, the RDA members have decided to go on ‘fast unto death’ in support of their demands here from Thursday. On the other hand, as many as 10 medicos sat on a 48-hour relay hunger strike on the second consecutive day here today.
The anti-reservation strike of infuriated doctors entered its 17th day here on Wednesday.
