LUCKNOW: Protesting doctors at
KGMU went back to work on Tuesday evening following an assurance from the government that their demands will be resolved in two months.
However, they have decided to work with
black bands for the next two weeks.
Close to a 100 surgeries scheduled for the day in various departments had to be postponed following work boycott by junior and senior residents.
Under the banner of Resident Doctors’ Association (
RDA), doctors had announced indefinite work boycott from Tuesday if their longstanding demand for pay and status equal to that of
SGPGIMS was not heard by the government.
While emergency services were left out of the
protest and continued as normal on Tuesday with residents on duty at trauma centre, the out-patient department (OPD) was managed by consultants and faculty members.
Since resident doctors had decided to not pursue any routine work, a meeting with the vice chancellor was called and it was decided that a delegation will meet with government officials for a way out.
“Office-bearers of KGMU RDA along with chief medical superintendent Prof SN Sankhwar met with the secretary, finance, who said the government had taken serious note of the demands and had asked for two months to reach a solution,” said KGMU.
KGMU also accepted that surgeries in the departments of paediatrics, orthopaedics, ear, nose and throat, general surgery and gastrosurgery, among others, had to be postponed due to the strike.
The RDA will meet every Monday and seek a follow-up with the administration in two weeks.
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