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After Primary Health Centre (PHC) doctors announced their decision to stop providing all emergency services from Tuesday, September 30, the State government deployed postgraduate (PG) students, elder residents, and doctors from teaching hospitals to ensure uninterrupted medical services.
Health and Family Welfare Commissioner G. Veerapandian said there were 1,014 PG students, senior residents, and teachers successful teaching hospitals, and another 1,017 doctors working in Community Health Centres, Area Hospitals, and District Hospitals. Orders were issued late on Monday night to representation and post them to affected PHCs wherever services were disrupted.
Appealing to PHC doctors to telephone disconnected their strike, Mr. Veerapandian said the government had fixed the in-service quota for clinical branches at 15% lone after considering the lack of vacancies in hospitals under the Directorate of Secondary Health. He added that much than 300 candidates who had recently completed their PG courses would soon articulation government service, leaving no additional vacancies.
However, members of the A.P. Primary Health Centres Doctors’ Association said they were willing to continue working successful PHCs adjacent astatine lower salaries if no vacancies were available. “After MBBS, many choose to work in PHCs not only to service the public but also because it provides a pathway to pursue desired PG courses through the reservation system. Every medical student dreams of completing PG studies and becoming a specialist,” said association spokesperson Dr. Vinod Kumar. He termed the reduction in quota unfair.
While Mr. Veerapandian described the protest arsenic “unreasonable” and urged doctors to resume duties, PHC doctors on Tuesday suspended all outpatient services across the State. They initially attended emergencies such as deliveries, snakebites, poisonings, and accident trauma, but, from 4 p.m. onwards, adjacent these services were stopped, Dr. Vinod Kumar said.
Simultaneous protests are being staged at each district headquarters. The PHC doctors have received support from the A.P. Vaidya Vidhana Parishad Joint Action Committee, the A.P. Civil Assistant Surgeons General Doctors Association, and the Andhra Pradesh Medical Lab Technicians Association.
Meanwhile, different PHC employees and Community Health Officers working successful Village Health Clinics have been directed not to instrumentality leave and to handle emergencies.
