Patna:
Junior doctors of Bihar will go on 24 hours token strike on Monday (April 24)
in protest against the attacks on doctors at SKMCH (Muzaffarpur) following
death of a patient.
In a
meeting held on Saturday, Junior Doctors Association (JDA) has demanded
security arrangements in all medical college hospitals within 24 hours.
They also
demanded action against the culprits. A JDA spokesman said they would not
disturb emergency service during strike but they would remain abstain from duty
in out patients department (OPD) and wards.
“If the
government fails to provide proper security arrangements for doctors and
hospitals within 48 hours, they will go on indefinite strike”, he said.
Meanwhile,
Indian Medical Association (IMA-Bihar) office-bearers reached Muzaffarpur to
take the stock of the situation. The delegation also prepared a
memorandum of demands for raising it before the government and seeks its
implementation within a week.
The IMA
has also decided to meet chief minister Nitish Kumar on the increasing
incidents of assault on doctors.
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