Jr docs threaten to boycott all services from Dec 4

Jr docs threaten to boycott all services from Dec 4

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Hyderabad:02.12.2021

Junior doctors at the state-run Gandhi Hospital and Osmania General Hospital (OGH) boycotted outpatient (OP) services on Wednesday over repeated delay in NEET counselling by the Centre. The OP boycott would continue for two more days and the Telangana Junior Doctors’ Association (TJUDA) has threatened to extend it to all services from December 4 if the Centre failed to act.

On Wednesday, the patients were only partially affected, but if junior doctors go ahead with their threat then things would become difficult for patients from December 4. “The impact of boycott on Wednesday was not felt sharply as patient footfall has been less for last two days. It might be due to the news of the new variant of Covid-19. Instead of 5 doctors manning a department, today 2-3 were present. It only caused a delay of 30-40 minutes,” said a source at Gandhi Hospital.

“While we only boycotted OP services today, if no measures are taken by government to speed up the process, we’ll escalate the protest after meeting with all other RDAs. Currently, other staff were able to handle most departments, but if we extend it to all services then it’ll be difficult to manage,” said TJUDA president Dr Sagar Dharmula.

Junior doctors protest at Gandhi Hospital