After the doctors’ strike, the doctor’s chair was lying vacant in the emergency
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In AMU’s JN Medical College, a fight broke out between the attendants and the junior doctors over the issue of seeing a patient quickly. After this, the junior doctors went on strike. Meanwhile, a patient died due to lack of treatment. The incident took place on July 6 at 2:30 am. On the assurance of action, the strike ended at 6 am on July 7.
On 6th July at 2:30 am, a patient’s attendant reached the emergency ward of the medical college. The attendant asked the junior doctor to see the patient immediately. This led to an argument between them. Then the attendant and the junior doctor got into a fight. Angered by this, the fellow junior doctors stopped seeing other patients and stopped their service.
The condition of the patients admitted in the emergency started deteriorating. According to the people present there, a patient died due to lack of treatment. The weeping relatives took the body with them. Patients coming from far off places returned without treatment amid the strike and rain. The attendants also kept pleading to get their patients admitted. On the assurance of action against the culprits by the medical college officials, the junior doctors ended the strike and started giving service from 6 am on Sunday.
Due to the strike, I and the patient faced a lot of trouble. We are waiting for the strike to end.-Mohammad Jasim, Etawah
I came to know about the strike after reaching the medical college. Now I will have to take my patient to a private hospital.-Bobby, Sarai Mansingh
I have a respiratory problem. There is a strike in JN Medical College. I am facing a lot of problems.-Rose, Nagla Kalu Hathras
My relative was injured by a tractor. Due to the strike the patient will have to be taken to another place.-Dev Singh, Kasganj
The attendants behaved rudely with the junior doctors. There was no strike. However, the junior doctors are angry. The junior doctors are providing their services. No one has died due to lack of treatment.-Prof. Wasim Rizvi, Medical Superintendent, JN Medical College
