Here are the top health stories for the day:Gandhi Medical College Bhopal: 5 Resident doctors threaten mass suicide due to toxic cultureAlleging toxic work culture, 5 resident doctors of Gandhi Medical College, Hamidiya Hospital, Bhopal, have threatened to commit mass suicide on 31st May 2024 if the authorities do not address their complaints. The doctors have demanded the authorities to stop...
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Gandhi Medical College Bhopal: 5 Resident doctors threaten mass suicide due to toxic culture
Alleging toxic work culture, 5 resident doctors of Gandhi Medical College, Hamidiya Hospital, Bhopal, have threatened to commit mass suicide on 31st May 2024 if the authorities do not address their complaints. The doctors have demanded the authorities to stop the non-stop working hours which can go for more than 24 hours and sometimes 36 hours. They have further urged the authorities to ensure a healthy working environment and to stop the toxicity and abuse.
Writing to the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), the doctors said "If proper and immediate steps will not be taken within two months.. Then to lodge our protest we 5 residents will do suicide in a single day on 31st May 2024. This College and hospital will be famous for suicide and toxicity in the future. This letter could also be considered as our suicide note."
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