The five-day-old strike by over 400 PG and resident doctors of the State's premier Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS came to an end after the PGIMS authorities announced to meet all demands of the protesting doctors here on Wednesday.
The authorities said adequate arrangement would be made for the security and safety of doctors in casualty ward of the institute besides numbers of doctors, nurses and fourth class employees would also be enhanced there to treat the patients comfortably. Besides, a security room would also set up in the casualty ward to check any untoward incident.
"The PGIMS authorities have accepted our all demands hence we have called off our strike and all PG and resident doctors have also been asked to join their duty with immediate effect," said Dr Varun Garg, chief of Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) which was spearheading the agitation. Notably, attendants of a woman patient attacked on a doctor on duty at casualty ward of the PGIMS on last Friday when he was treating another patient there.
However, the woman, who was brought here after she consumed some poisonous substance, later died in a ward of the hospital. All PG and resident doctors of the institute then went on strike in protest against the incident and demanded the authorities to ensure the safety and security of the doctors in the PGIMS.