Mumbai: Resident doctors of JJ hospital go on strike

Maharashtra: Resident doctors from Grant Medical College and JJ Hospital have reported strike over the gross injustice delivered towards their 12 colleagues from ophthalmology department of the hospital.

All 400 resident doctors have gone on an indefinite strike over the matter of harsh work environment and incessant mental harassment at the hands of department heads.

Dr Swapnil Meshram, General Secretary of JJ MARD, in his statement has implied that this step is a result of continuous mistreatment by the senior ophthalmologists. The two seniors do not share any knowledge or provide training to the resident doctors. Also, they are being treated as nurses and ward boys at the hands of their seniors.

The residents, in turn, have also complained that injustice has been going for a very long time, which has finally pushed them to the edge of taking action,; in an incidents where three resident doctors have been blamed for an alleged medical negligence of seniors.

The Dean of the hospital, Dr T P Lahane, however has implied that the students are trying to divert attention from the matter at hand- a botched up operative complication, which resulted in sending the victim in ICU.