Coimbatore: Postgraduate students of the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital boycotted work for the second consecutive day on Thursday, demanding better and safer residential quarters for doctors on Covid-19 duty and quarantining after that.
They also demanded that the work to draw blood for tests and administer drugs should be entrusted to paramedical staff, as the same has been adding to their workload.
Around 80 doctors had protested for an hour on last Saturday, demanding their stipend, hiring of more nurses and lab technicians and posting of more doctors in the Covid-19. Increasing the availability of crucial medications was also one of their demands.
Since none of their demands were met, close to 100 postgraduate students went on an indefinite strike on Wednesday. Dr Prenav, one of the doctors, said, “Our main issue is lack of facilities for doctors on Covid-19 duty to stay or quarantine. After our protests, we were shifted from a dormitory to the third floor of CRRI hostel, where we have individual rooms. But we must share a common toilet. This is disastrous, because we might infect each other and our patients.”TNN