Last Updated on March 4, 2023 by The Health Master
Ranchi: To protest recent acts of violence against medical professionals throughout the state of Jharkhand, doctors in Ranchi and other parts of the province closed both government-run and private hospitals’ outpatient departments (OPD).
OPD services have been suspended since the morning, which has had a negative impact on some health services in medical colleges, district hospitals, sub-divisional hospitals, primary and community health centers, private clinics, nursing homes, and hospitals.
Under the aegis of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), physicians banded together and congregated in various locations to express their outrage.
In Ranchi, the doctors gathered at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) with banners, posters and raised slogans demanding the implementation of the Medical Protection Act (MPA).
“Today’s 24 hour strike was applicable to OPD services only. Emergency and indoor services functioned as normal as we did not want to jeopardize the health of our patients,” Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh, secretary of the Jharkhand chapter of IMA, told TOI in the evening.
“Today’s Bandh was a success as OPDs across the state remained closed,” he added. Singh said: “Today, we renewed our demand to the state government for bringing in a medical protection bill which would safeguard the safety and interests of medical institutions from vandals. Our further course of action will be decided by the executive committee of the state IMA.”
Doctors claimed that the protests were finalized as a result of recent doctor attacks that occurred in Garhwa, Lohardaga, Petarwar, Hazaribag, Jamtara, and Ranchi within a fortnight.
Besides the medical protection bill, doctors are also demanding the arrest of the assailants of the doctors.
The doctors’ strike added to the woes of hundreds of patients who arrived at Rims and Ranchi Sadar hospital since morning for their scheduled and unscheduled appointments.
“My father and I traveled from Garhwa to see his doctor in the morning. But then, I came to know that the OPD will remain closed as the doctors are on strike.”
“I will spend the night at the Rehan Basera (night shelter) on Rims compound and leave tomorrow after his check-up,” Yasin Ansari, the elder son of Yakub, a 54-year-old psychiatric patient from Garhwa, said.
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