MUMBAI: Resident doctors' stir across Maharashtra ended on Friday after the state government raised their stipend and assured better security arrangements. Patients, though, suffered in all public hospitals as many were referred to private hospitals and discharged abruptly; surgeries were also cancelled.
The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) called off the strike after education minister Vinod Tawde assured that their stipend will be increased by Rs 5,000, with effect from August, from Rs 43,000 at present.
The state has also promised the post-graduate students that a concrete proposal regarding installation of CCTV cameras in strategic locations such as casualty and ICUs will be moved shortly. The Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) also issued a circular saying the proposal for an annual fee hike in medical colleges to Rs 66,000 from Rs 40,000 will be cancelled and a fresh plan to revert to the old structure will be prepared.
The DMER has also issued a circular saying a doctor will be accompanied by a Class I officer when going to a police station to lodge a complaint against assault by any patient or relative. MARD will have a say in where the CCTV cameras will be installed on campuses.
The BMC on Friday claimed that senior doctors managed to treat nearly 5,000 patients in KEM, Sion and Nair hospitals. Soliha Kalam (11), though, was turned away despite her complaints of discomfort in her eye. She had narrowly escaped with a gash under her eye when the ceiling fan hit her face last Sunday. Her eye has been watering incessantly. "Doctors asked us to come back after the strike is over," her mother Farida said. The number of deliveries also fell drastically to six in all these hospitals that carry out over 70 deliveries on any normal day.
Meanwhile, a PIL was filed against the doctor's strike before the Bombay high court, which posted the matter for hearing on July 6, 2015.
The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) called off the strike after education minister Vinod Tawde assured that their stipend will be increased by Rs 5,000, with effect from August, from Rs 43,000 at present.
The state has also promised the post-graduate students that a concrete proposal regarding installation of CCTV cameras in strategic locations such as casualty and ICUs will be moved shortly. The Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) also issued a circular saying the proposal for an annual fee hike in medical colleges to Rs 66,000 from Rs 40,000 will be cancelled and a fresh plan to revert to the old structure will be prepared.
The DMER has also issued a circular saying a doctor will be accompanied by a Class I officer when going to a police station to lodge a complaint against assault by any patient or relative. MARD will have a say in where the CCTV cameras will be installed on campuses.
The BMC on Friday claimed that senior doctors managed to treat nearly 5,000 patients in KEM, Sion and Nair hospitals. Soliha Kalam (11), though, was turned away despite her complaints of discomfort in her eye. She had narrowly escaped with a gash under her eye when the ceiling fan hit her face last Sunday. Her eye has been watering incessantly. "Doctors asked us to come back after the strike is over," her mother Farida said. The number of deliveries also fell drastically to six in all these hospitals that carry out over 70 deliveries on any normal day.
Meanwhile, a PIL was filed against the doctor's strike before the Bombay high court, which posted the matter for hearing on July 6, 2015.
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