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Rajasthan doctors continue strike, 30 patients dead
Saturday December 24, 2011 08:01:04 PM,
IANS
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Jaipur: Medical
services in Rajasthan remained badly affected on the fourth day
Saturday of the strike by resident doctors and officials said at
least 30 patients have died across the state so far due to the
agitation.
The state government has clamped the Rajasthan Essential Services
Maintenance Act (RESMA) on the doctors agitating for pay hike and
other demands.
"About 350 doctors have been arrested for violating RESMA and 15
doctors have been suspended," a senior medical and health
department official told IANS.
He said the doctors have been invited for talks. At least 30
patients have died in hospitals across the state due to the
absence of doctors, he added.
Nearly 3,500 resident doctors and 20,000 National Rural Health
Mission (NRHM) contract employees, along with thousands of
in-service doctors, are participating in the strike since
Wednesday.
The NRHM contract employees are demanding permanent posts which,
they claim, was promised to them by the chief minister last year.
The All Rajasthan In-service Doctors Association (ARISDA) has been
demanding a hike in wages on a par with the central government
employees for the past 11 months.
Sources said patients are being attended to by senior doctors at
hospitals in Jaipur. However, the strike has had a severe impact
on rural areas where most of the primary health centres are shut.
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