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Bihar
junior doctors' strike claims over two dozen lives
Wednesday February 02, 2011 08:59:44 PM,
IANS
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Patna: Over two dozen
patients admitted at six hospitals in Bihar have died during a
strike by junior doctors that entered its third day Wednesday,
officials said.
Hundreds of junior doctors are on an indefinite strike, demanding
the arrest of a legislator and enforcement of the Medical
Protection Act. The doctors are from the Nalanda Medical College
and Hospital, Patna Medical College and Hospital, Bhagalpur
Medical College and Hospital, Darbhanga Medical College,
Muzaffarpur Medical College and Anugrah Narain Magadh Medical
College Hospital (ANMCH).
"Over a dozen patients have died in the last 24 hours due to lack
of doctors and treatment in the hospital," an official said.
The official said that absence of doctors in the emergency wards
had led to most of the deaths. However, the government is yet to
officially confirm any death due to the doctors' strike.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has appealed to the
striking junior doctors to end their agitation and resume work.
Health department officials say that negotiations between striking
doctors and the authorities are going on.
Most of the wards of the hospitals wore a deserted look as
hundreds of patients were forced to shift to private nursing
homes.
"Those who cannot afford treatment outside have been left in the
lurch and are waiting for treatment," a nurse in the hospital told
IANS.
"The functioning of all the six medical colleges and hospitals is
crippled since Monday. Emergency services have been hit and
surgeries postponed. The hospitals have witnessed an exodus of
patients," a health official said.
Three interns of ANMCH in Gaya, about 100 km from here, were
injured Sunday night when security guards of Rashtriya Janata Dal
(RJD) legislator Surendra Prasad Yadav fired at them after a
scuffle over the treatment of a woman patient.
Police have arrested the two bodyguards who fired at three interns
but failed to arrest the politician.
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