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Bihar News: The impact of the strike can be seen in the patient wards as well. Many patients are suffering in the wards due to lack of treatment, while many patients are preparing to leave the hospital due to the absence of doctors.
People are troubled by the strike.
– Photo : Amar Ujala
Expansion
The strike in government hospitals of Patna is continuing in protest against the murder of the doctor after rape in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Junior and Resident Doctors Association are involved in this. The Indian Medical Association has initiated a nationwide strike today. Its effect is being seen in almost all government hospitals of Bihar. Here, there is anger among patients and their attendants due to disruption of emergency and OPD services. On Friday, patients and their relatives came out on the road in anger due to the closure of OPD services in IGIMS and the relatives raised slogans against the Bihar government. The relatives have strongly cursed Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary and the IGIMS administration for this.
Patients are suffering in the ward due to lack of treatment
The effect of the strike is being seen since morning in Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH). Due to the strike, small children are seen crying for lack of treatment. Not only this, the effect of the doctor’s strike is also being seen in the patient wards, many patients are suffering in the wards due to lack of treatment, while due to the absence of doctors, many patients are preparing to leave the hospital. More or less this situation is being seen in the premises of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH) in the capital Patna.
Advice given to go to a private hospital
Sheela Devi, who reached Nalanda Medical College Hospital from Patna City for treatment, said that when she went to see the doctor after getting the slip, she was ordered to go to the third floor. When she reached the third floor, she was told that the doctors are on strike right now. You should go to a private hospital for treatment. Sheela Devi told that her daughter is sick and she doesn’t have enough money to get her treated in a private hospital. Due to the doctors’ strike, the condition of the patients and their attendants is miserable. They can’t even go to a private hospital due to lack of money. People are now pleading to the Bihar government.