Udaipur/Ajmer: Government-run medical and health services in Udaipur division remained crippled on the fourth day of the strike called by in-service doctors on Thursday. The situation worsened as resident doctors too joined the strike.
With health services badly hit, especially in villages, hundreds of patients and their relatives rushed to the civil hospital in Udaipur which received a record number of over 5,000 patients in the OPD.
Wards wore a deserted look as many patients were discharged due to the lack of doctors while a majority of them opted to shift to a private hospital for better facilities.
In the absence of resident doctors, senior doctors attended to serious cases and performed selected surgeries, postponing the rest to a later date.
Dr Vimal Joshi, superintendent of MB Hospital, said, "After about 450 resident doctors joined the strike on Thursday afternoon, senior resident doctors and interns are managing the hospital."
Meanwhile, the MB Hospital received a large number of bodies for post-mortem. Compared to ordinary days when two or three autopsies are held at the divisional hospital, 8 to 10 bodies were being referred from surrounding districts, including Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Banswara, etc. With no doctors at health centers in district-level hospitals, medical cases and dead bodies for autopsy were being referred to Udaipur, sources claimed.
Few private hospitals extended their help for emergencies. One of private hospital at Bedawas announced free treatment and medicines for delivery and caesarian cases, while at some other hospitals, pediatricians and general physicians offered free consultancy to poor patients from villages.
Meanwhile, the situation at JLN Hospital worsened as senior doctors also joined the strike. There are about 42 senior doctors who have important responsibilities in the hospital.
There were long queues in front of the OPD, and patients with serious conditions were referred to private hospitals due to shortage of doctors. The JLN Hospital has 1,028 beds and 20 medical officers to attend to them. Over 300 junior resident doctors went on strike. Out of the 150 teaching doctors in the medical college, 20 were sent to rural areas on duty. Only 130 senior doctors were left in the hospital.
By evening, dozens of patients admitted for operations in various departments were discharged and only the poor were left in the hospital.
BOX: Supply of dairy products to docs cut in Kota
The Kota Private Dairy Federation on Thursday announced a supply boycott of dairy products to government doctors on strike. Dairy products such as milk, curd, ghee, etc. will not be delivered at the residences of government doctors on strike in Kota city, said Mohammed Umar, president of the dairy federation. The decision to go on strike by the doctors is condemnable. It has put public health at high risk, he said. The federation runs about 400 kiosks in the city.
With health services badly hit, especially in villages, hundreds of patients and their relatives rushed to the civil hospital in Udaipur which received a record number of over 5,000 patients in the OPD.
Wards wore a deserted look as many patients were discharged due to the lack of doctors while a majority of them opted to shift to a private hospital for better facilities.
In the absence of resident doctors, senior doctors attended to serious cases and performed selected surgeries, postponing the rest to a later date.
Dr Vimal Joshi, superintendent of MB Hospital, said, "After about 450 resident doctors joined the strike on Thursday afternoon, senior resident doctors and interns are managing the hospital."
Meanwhile, the MB Hospital received a large number of bodies for post-mortem. Compared to ordinary days when two or three autopsies are held at the divisional hospital, 8 to 10 bodies were being referred from surrounding districts, including Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Banswara, etc. With no doctors at health centers in district-level hospitals, medical cases and dead bodies for autopsy were being referred to Udaipur, sources claimed.
Few private hospitals extended their help for emergencies. One of private hospital at Bedawas announced free treatment and medicines for delivery and caesarian cases, while at some other hospitals, pediatricians and general physicians offered free consultancy to poor patients from villages.
Meanwhile, the situation at JLN Hospital worsened as senior doctors also joined the strike. There are about 42 senior doctors who have important responsibilities in the hospital.
There were long queues in front of the OPD, and patients with serious conditions were referred to private hospitals due to shortage of doctors. The JLN Hospital has 1,028 beds and 20 medical officers to attend to them. Over 300 junior resident doctors went on strike. Out of the 150 teaching doctors in the medical college, 20 were sent to rural areas on duty. Only 130 senior doctors were left in the hospital.
By evening, dozens of patients admitted for operations in various departments were discharged and only the poor were left in the hospital.
BOX: Supply of dairy products to docs cut in Kota
The Kota Private Dairy Federation on Thursday announced a supply boycott of dairy products to government doctors on strike. Dairy products such as milk, curd, ghee, etc. will not be delivered at the residences of government doctors on strike in Kota city, said Mohammed Umar, president of the dairy federation. The decision to go on strike by the doctors is condemnable. It has put public health at high risk, he said. The federation runs about 400 kiosks in the city.
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