March 29, 2024

Doctors threaten strike on Sept 20 & 21

Faridabad/ Alive News: One side where seasonal fever has taken the entire country in its grip, people are suffering from disease, hospitals have filled up with patients and doctors have no few seconds to get away himself from patients and their a minutes negligence may take many patients’ lives. In such cases doctors are planning to go on mass casual leave from September 20 & 21 over their demands. Dr. Rajesh Shyokand, general secretary of Haryana Civil Medical Services (HCMS) told that 88 doctors have filled leave application so far, and doctors will resign on mass scale on September 21, if the govt. doesn’t consider their demands.

Let me tell you, around 2 thousand patients every day visit to B.K Hospital including health centers ongoing in city as well as rural areas. About 6 hundred patients with fever are visiting to B.K Hospitals’ OPD every day, while about 150 patients each center visit every day. Dr. Virendra Yadav, principal medical officer of B.K Hospital said emergency service will be continued during the mass leave of doctors. During this doctors will be on extra duty so that patients are not to face bothered.