After getting assurance from the authorities regarding fulfilment of their demands, junior doctors of the Gandhi Medical College (GMC) called off their two-day old strike on Tuesday.
Bhopal Commissioner Ajatshatru Shrivastava and Bhopal DIG Raman Singh Sikarwar assured the junior doctors on Tuesday that a police outpost would be established in front of the casualty department.
Notably, 400 junior doctors had gone on an indefinite strike on Monday after the relatives of a patient attacked two of the junior doctors at Hamidia hospital on Sunday night. The junior doctors were demanding adequate security arrangements inside the hospital premises as well as the establishment of a police outpost in the hospital.
While talking to ‘The Pioneer’ on Tuesday, Junior Doctors’ Association (JDU) Secretary Avinash Thakur told that the association has decided to call off the strike as the Bhopal Commissioner Ajatshatru Shrivastava and DIG Raman Singh Sikarwar met the junior doctors and assured them that a police outpost would be established in the hospital premises soon.
Thakur further told that the officials have assured that the number of guards inside the hospital premises would be increased and two policemen would also be deployed in hospital during late hours.
On the other hand, as many as 400 nurses of the Hamidia hospital stopped their services for 3 hours on Tuesday as the hospital administration has not provided the salaries to the nurses.
While talking to ‘The Pioneer’ on Tuesday, Nurses’ Association’s District President Dhanraj Naagar told that the nurses of the Hamidia hospital are being deprived of their salaries. The nurses of the July batch have not received even a single salary since July.