13 patients die after Patna hospital's junior doctors strike work


Patna, Nov 17 (IANS): At least 13 patients died after more than 500 junior doctors at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) here went on a strike to protest an assault by a deceased patient's attendants, hospital officials said on Friday.

"Thirteen critical patients died due to lack of treatment after the doctors went on strike on Thursday night, which also hit Emergency and Out Patient Department services," an official said.

"So far, 36 surgeries have been deferred and dozens of patients refused admission."

Officials said hundreds of patients and their attendants were at loss as to whom to turn to for treatment.

"Dozens of patients, battling for life, have been forced to shift to private hospitals and nursing homes by their families."

The junior doctors are demanding adequate security and action against attendants of the patient who attacked their colleagues after his death soon after arrival at the hospital. It is the third assault incident at PMCH in two months.

A senior PMCH doctor admitted that nurses were now handling patients following the strike.

PMCH Acting Principal V.K. Gupta said senior doctors have been put on duty in the Emergency Ward.

Health Minister Mangal Pandey has since invited the striking doctors for talks on Friday afternoon.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: 13 patients die after Patna hospital's junior doctors strike work



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.