Bihar: Govt Agrees to Provide Protection, Junior Doctors End Strike

Responding to the incident the doctors went on strike demanding deployment of armed guards on the hospital premises. They have also demanded to barricade of central emergency and install metal detectors in different wards, including emergency and ICUs.

Later, the junior doctors from Patna Medical College and Darbhanga Medical College joined the strike in their support, additionally demanding a security cover to junior doctors during duty hours and protection and action against misbehaving attendants of patients.

Out of five, two of the miscreants were arrested by the police. “Two of the people who had indulged in violence were arrested on the basis of CCTV footage of the incident,” police officials confirmed to TNIE. However, the junior doctors continued their strike demanding a foolproof system of security.

When contacted, NMCH superintendent Dr Chandrashekhar informed, “The health department has agreed to set up a permanent police outpost on the premises of NMCH. A site for the outpost has also been chosen. Other demands of the junior doctors would soon be taken care of at the administrative level.”

The strike had left hundreds of patients in a lurch. Nearly dozens of patients died during the strike. Emergency units, ICUs, OPDs, labour rooms, IPDs and laboratories of the three hospitals were severely affected. Several operations were also postponed as well.