Andhra Pradesh: Junior Doctors Go On Strike At Kadapa RIMS
Emergency services continued to function to ensure that patients requiring urgent medical attention are not affected: Reports
KADAPA: Junior doctors at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) in Kadapa went on strike on Tuesday demanding immediate payment of pending stipends and resolution of other issues. They have stopped all services except emergency medical care.
Around 300 junior doctors are reportedly participating in the strike, affecting routine medical services at the hospital. Patients visiting the outpatient department and other departments are facing inconvenience due to the absence of junior doctors.
Emergency services continued to function to ensure that patients requiring urgent medical attention are not affected.
The junior doctors said they would continue the strike until their pending stipends were paid and their other demands addressed. Hospital authorities are holding discussions with the protesting doctors to resolve the issue.
Rims receives around 1,500 outpatients every day and has more than 600 inpatients at any given time. Senior doctors said the prolonged absence of junior doctors could put additional pressure on the existing medical staff and affect routine patient care.
The strike has raised concerns over regular healthcare services at the government teaching hospital, which caters to a large number of patients.