The protesting staffs of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) called off their indefinite strike after Chief Minister Raghubar Das’ intervention. The CM on Sunday considering the situation at thebiggest largest government hospital of the State instructed HealthMinister Ramchandra Chandravanshi to resolve the issue of junior doctors, nurses and para medical staffs at any cost. Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi and the Health Minister following the instruction assured the protestors that all their demands will be taken into consideration as per the regulations. The CM in his statement said, “The State government will not tolerate any sort of anarchy on the premises of RIMS.” He also appealed to the protestingstaffs to return back to the duty considering patients life.
While after conducting a long meeting with the representatives of RIMS Junior Nurses Association and junior doctors, Chandravanshi said, “All major demands will be considered. As of now, it has been decided that at least one member of RIMS Junior Nurses Association, para medical including junior doctor association will be included in RIMS governing body that conducts monthly meeting for establishing better communication between the hospital staffs and government personnel.”
The Minister in the presence of Chief Secretary assured nurses and junior doctors that Medical Protection Bill will be approved soon while attempts will be made to pass the Bill in the upcoming session. “The State government will adopt all possible measures to cover the staffs under seventh pay commission while soon a new advertisement for recruitment of para-medical staffs will be published,” the Minister further added.
Also, Ranchi Judicial Commissioner cum DlSA Chairman Navneet Kumar, after getting direction from Justice Apresh Kumar Singh constituted a committee comprising Judicial officers and mediators to resolve the issue through dialogue. The committee held a meeting with the Director and decided to hold talks with the striking nurses in the evening.
Meanwhile, it has been decided that on one Friday of every month a meeting will be conducted with the representatives of junior doctors, para medical staffs including nurses covering different issues.
Instructions would also be passed to not allow more than one attendant with patient admit. Also, Everest Human Resources Consultant – the agency managing the security services at RIMS will be served debar notice and will be removed soon for failing in managing the security service here.
Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathy said that the State government will do its best to resolve the pending demands of the hospital staffs. Majorly taking up the issue of security, work overload and bed crisis, the staffs of biggest medical college and hospital run by State government were on indefinite strike. Only senior resident doctors and Head of the Departments (HODs) were on duty.
However, after much brainstorming on Sunday afternoon the Chief Secretary along with the Minister Health convinced the staffs to call off their strike. Notably, around 350 nurses including junior doctors were on indefinite strike since Saturday morning bringing even emergency services at the halt.
As per the hospital’s record on per day basis nearly 1500 patients come here for treatment while all critical cases were referred to RIMS from across Jharkhand. RIMS Nurses Association leader Ram Rekha Rai and Junior Doctor Representative, Dr. Ajit appeared contented after the meeting.