Rajasthan doctors' strike: Situation getting worse more than 700 operations postponed; When will the situation improve
The situation in government hospitals has worsened due to resident doctors' strike demanding basic facilities in Rajasthan. On the third day of the strike, on Tuesday, more than 700 operations had to be postponed across the state. Nearly one hundred operations, which were to be done on Tuesday, did not take place in Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Hospital. On the other hand, the most urgent operations are being done by senior doctors.
Due to the resident doctors' strike the situation in government hospitals has gotten worse. The demand of the doctors is to have basic facilities in Rajasthan. On Tuesday, it was the third day of the strike, and over 700 operations had to be postponed across the state. Out of them around 100 operations were to be done in Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Hospital on Tuesday.
The senior doctors are performing the most urgent operations. Even at night, senior doctors attend the patients in hospitals. President of the Resident Doctors Association Dr. Dilraj Meena said that the government is not paying attention to the security concerns nor the basic facilities present in the hospitals.
There are no resting and changing rooms for lady doctors. CCTV cameras in major hospitals do not work. At the same time, the government has posted senior doctors in general wards, emergency units, and ICUs.
The Medical Minister Gajendra Singh Khinvsar has discussed with the officials and senior doctors regarding tackling the strike. Meanwhile, the resident doctors in Kota have decided not to go on strike. The resident doctors here did not go on strike on Monday. In such a situation, they have decided not to support the strike.
Notably, 56-year-old Parshuram Meena of Sawai Madhopur had arrived at the SMS Hospital for a kidney operation but could not get an appointment with the doctor.
Although the state government has appealed to the striking doctors to return to work, they claimed that no assurance has come from the government.
We do not want to continue the strike because we know what problems the patients have to face, said Dr. Saket Dhadhich, media advisor of the Jaipur Association for Resident Doctors (JARD).
The government installed the services of 50 doctors at Jaipur's SMS Medical College yesterday. Consequently, the situation has come under control a little more than before, although the maximum impact of the strike is being felt there.
There is not much problem in the daytime because faculty and other junior doctors are available in OPD and wards, while the problem increases in the evening and at night due to the absence of residents.
