New Delhi: Most of the doctors of Madhya Pradesh, who were on strike demanding justice in the case of rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, returned to work on Sunday on the orders of the High Court. Before this, the medical associations decided to withdraw the strike. But said that the protest will continue. With the end of the strike, the medical system in all the medical colleges and private and government hospitals of Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur divisions in the state seemed to be back on track.
On the other hand, junior doctors in Gwalior talked about ending the strike but did not resume work. Doctors of Bhopal AIIMS have not ended the strike yet. They say that they are waiting for the instructions of the national forum regarding the strike. Let us tell you that on Saturday, the Madhya Pradesh High Court had declared the doctors' strike illegal and said that doctors should return to work after understanding the problems of patients.
The protests will continue
The court cited its previous order, which prohibited doctors from going on any kind of strike without the court's permission. The court will also hear the matter on August 20. Junior Doctors Association spokesperson Dr. Kuldeep Gupta said that the strike has been called off in respect of the High Court's order, the protest will continue.
The strike by resident doctors has crippled the medical system in Delhi. Doctors are adamant on the demand for Central Protection Act (CPA) for the safety of health workers. The strike by resident doctors will continue on Monday as well. OPD and regular surgeries will remain affected for the eighth consecutive day in all major government hospitals including AIIMS, Safdarjung, RML, hospitals associated with Lady Harding Medical College, Lok Nayak, GB Pant, GTB, DDU.
Doctor's protest in Connaught Place
Consultant and faculty level doctors will sit in OPD in hospitals, but due to the strike of resident doctors, OPD services have been limited in all hospitals. Therefore, senior doctors will sit in OPD, but only a small number of patients will be treated. Resident doctors protested in Connaught Place on Sunday evening. They also took out a candle march.
Junior doctors on strike in Bihar-Bengal
The strike of junior doctors of Bengal's government hospitals continued for the ninth day on Sunday. This affected health services across the state. In government hospitals, the outpatient department was closed on Sunday and the patient flow was less, but senior doctors continued to provide services in the emergency department.
OPD closed in many hospitals in Bihar
Junior doctors were on strike in Bihar's Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Bettiah Medical College Hospital. Here too, OPD services remained closed, while emergency remained operational. Resident doctors of IGIMS, PMCH, NMCH and AIIMS in the capital Patna have said that emergency services will continue and OPD tests and educational activities will remain closed.
Meanwhile, the Bihar Health Service Association has announced to work wearing black bands from Monday. The association has said that if the government does not accept the demands by August 25, then treatment will be stopped in all the hospitals of the state.
Everything except emergency is closed in Himachal's medical colleges today
All the government medical colleges of Himachal will remain closed on Monday except emergency services. There will be no OPD and routine pre-scheduled operations here, while in other regional, district and primary health centers, OPD and routine operations will be conducted as usual. Balveer Verma, Head of the Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Shimla, said that a decision will be taken on Monday itself regarding OPD and operations on Tuesday.
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