RDA, MTA to suspend OPD work for 1 hour
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 24: The strike of doctors and other para-medical staff continued on the 5th consecutive day in District Hospital Reasi, in protest against the illegal detention of a senior doctor in Police Station on the verbal directions of Deputy Commission, Prasanna Ramaswamy.
While the work in OPD, Operation Theatre, Wards and Labs remained suspended, the staff exempted the Emergency unit of the Hospital from the purview of the on going strike. The striking doctors said that they had given 48 hours ultimatum to the District Administration to tender apology from the aggrieved Dr Ashwani Kumar Bhagat (Consultant Ortho) and also extended it for another 24 hours but that time is also over. They have warned the State Administration to take action against the DC Reasi, otherwise, the state wide agitation would be launched from Oct 25.
Extending their support to Dr Ashwani Kumar Bhagat, Resident Doctors’ Association and Medical Teachers’ Association of Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu today decided to observe strike on Thursday from 10 am to 11 am.
“All senior and junior doctors of GMC Jammu has decided unanimously to suspend all OPD work for 1 hour”, an MTA office bearer said, adding emergency and operation Theatres has been kept out of the purview of the strike.
Meanwhile, Doctors Association Jammu (DAJ) has urged upon the Governor, SP Malik and Chief Secretary, J&K to intervene into the matter of illegal confinement of Dr Ashwani by the police on verbal orders of DC Reasi. The Association president, Dr Balvinder Singh, said that for last five days, doctors of District Hospital Reasi are on strike but no action has been taken against DC Reasi.
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