Mayo gets non-Covid duty, docs call off stir

Nagpur: Resident doctors at Indira Gandhi Government Medical College (IGGMC) and Mayo Hospital have finally called off their mass leave protest on Friday after getting written assurance from dean Dr Ajay Keoliya.
The residents, who were staging sit-in protest on the premises of the medical college for the last three days, joined their duties at 9pm on Friday.
“Mayo Hospital is ready for non-Covid patients now. We want to assure poor non-Covid patients will get good treatment in surgical complex building here. The stigma and fear of being a Covid Dedicated Hospital will be gone now,” said Dr Rajat Agrawal, president of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), at Mayo Hospital.
Dr Keoliya issued a letter in which he has given 10-point assurances to the residents. Most important of them is that surgical complex building, which was earlier reserved for Covid-19 patients, will be handed over to non-Covid in-patient activity. New Covid-19 patients won’t be admitted in surgical complex. They will get beds in other buildings. Those who are admitted in Covid ICU will stay in surgical complex as it’s not possible to shift them.
The letter issued by the dean has in detail explanation of how non-Covid services will be resumed in the surgical complex building in next few days. Operation theatres (OTs) will now be available for general surgery, ortho and ophthalmology specializations. The letter also has a mention that in case the number of Covid-19 patients increase in future, the complex will again be used for Covid service.