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Patient attraction services were deed crossed each nationalist assemblage hospitals successful the territory connected Tuesday, a effect of the boycott of outpatient clinics successful authorities hospitals and aesculapian assemblage hospitals by the aesculapian fraternity.
Most of the outpatient clinics successful authorities institutions nether the Health Services did not relation arsenic doctors, nether the banner of the Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association, decided to spell connected permission en masse to protestation against the mode successful which doctors were being accused of aesculapian negligence astatine each crook by radical and the authorities “playing to the gallery” and not doing thing to support doctors.
The KGMOA was besides protesting against the authorities for not taking immoderate enactment against those who unleashed unit astatine the Nedumangad Taluk Hospital, attacking the Hospital Superintendent and the District Medical Officer.
Though posters had been enactment up successful hospitals that OP clinics would not beryllium functioning connected Tuesday, astir patients did not look to person known this and had to spell backmost disappointed.
The KGMOA said doctors would proceed the non-cooperation onslaught till the unfair enactment taken against the doc accused of aesculapian negligence astatine the Nedumangad hospital, adjacent earlier the adept committee study had been out, was revoked.
Two persons were arrested for the unit astatine the infirmary connected Tuesday. The KGMOA said pursuing discussions with the government, doctors would not beryllium boycotting Attukal Pongala duties.
MCH doctors’ strike
Meanwhile, the boycott of OP clinics by aesculapian assemblage doctors entered the ninth time connected Tuesday, with some doctors arsenic good the authorities remaining unrelenting. Though the Kerala Government Medical College Teachers’ Association held a circular of talks with the Chief Minister and the Health and Finance Ministers connected Monday, nary assurances were fixed by the authorities regarding the outgo of wage revision arrears owed to doctors oregon their different demands
At the Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, wherever astir 4,000 patients utilized to be the OP daily, the fig has present dropped to astir 1,200. In the Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, regular diligent attendance has declined from astir 4,500 to astir 2,500.
With elder doctors staying distant from the OP clinics, patients are being attended to by postgraduate students. As captious decision-making is not thing that tin beryllium done independently, galore patients person begun to determination to backstage hospitals. Postponement of elective surgeries are besides starring to overmuch hardships for patients.
The relation said it expected a affirmative result from the authorities soon regarding its demands. However, till then, the boycott of OP clinics and world activities would continue.
