Hyderabad: Niloufer Junior doctors still on strike
Hyderabad: Junior doctors of Niloufer Hospital continue their strike but resumed emergency services on Friday.
Junior doctor Rahul from Niloufer said, “In view of problems faced by patients, we have resumed emergency services and all other services were boycotted.” District medical health officer Ramesh Reddy met the junior doctors in the morning and discussed their problems.
Meanwhile Telangana junior doctors submitted a representation with various demands to health minister. Speaking about the demands P.S. Vijayender Goud said, “We have to increase the number of special protection forces and deploy at least two at every emergency and intensive care unit in every government hospital. To ensure that all medical equipments like ventilators, incubators and others are available and regularisation of stipends.”
TJUDA also requested the health minister to address long-term issues like deficiency of assistant professors, nursing staff and paramedical staff due to the delay in recruitment and establishing fast track courts to punish the culprits involved in assaults doctors.