Mumbai: A majority of resident doctors in government hospitals across Mumbai and some parts of Maharashtra have gone on mass leave, starting 8 pm Sunday. The doctors are agitating against the recent spate of attacks on resident doctors in areas such as Dhule, Nashik and Sion.
On Saturday, a doctor was allegedly beaten up by the relatives following a patient's death at the Sion Hospital. Similar incident took place at government hospital in Dhule some days ago.
According to India Today, almost 75 per cent of resident doctors across major Mumbai health centres, including Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital, KEM Hospital, JJ Hospital and Nair Hospital, have gone on leave.
In a letter to the Dean of Sion Hospital, the resident doctors said they were unable to report to the duty as they couldn't "concentrate" on the work. They stopped working from 7 pm, according to PTI.
"The current spate of attacks on resident doctors is worrisome. We are not able to concentrate, hence we have decided not to report to the duty (at Sion Hospital)....There is urgent need to beef up security at government hospitals," an office-bearer of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors said.
Last week a doctor working at Dhule Civil Hospital was allegedly beaten up by the relatives of a patient. Following the protest by doctors, police arrested the 7 to 8 accused allegedly involved in the case. Situation however worsened when one of the accused hanged himself to death in police lock-up.
The Bombay high court has restrained resident doctors in the state from going on a strike till a 'grievance cell' constituted by the government to look into their problems submits its report. The doctors, therefore, can not go on strike officially.
Meanwhile, Medical Education Minister Girish Mahajan said, "The attacks on resident doctors are unfortunate and assailants should not be spared."
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