New Norm at Kerala Hospital call for Assistant Surgeons doing delivery, Gynaecologists fume
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Thiruvananthapuram: A circular recently issued at Women and Children’s Hospital in Thycaud directing that the assistant surgeons will take delivery of babies has attracted harsh criticism from its gynaecologists.
The superintendent of the hospital issued the circular under the specific instructions from the Director of Health Services. As per the order, the assistant surgeons would be deployed in the labour room and they will oversee the childbirth while the gynaecologists would be on call providing round-the-clock service.
Soon as the news of the decision broke, the doctors at the institute came out to protest against the decision.
Responding to the order, Dr G S Vijayakrishnan, district secretary of Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA) told TOI, “This is the first time that assistant surgeons are being put on duty in labour rooms, which will only bring down the quality of the treatment.”
“We cannot accept this and has asked the district medical officer to immediately withdraw the circular,” he said.
The superintendent of the hospital issued the circular under the specific instructions from the Director of Health Services. As per the order, the assistant surgeons would be deployed in the labour room and they will oversee the childbirth while the gynaecologists would be on call providing round-the-clock service.
Soon as the news of the decision broke, the doctors at the institute came out to protest against the decision.
Responding to the order, Dr G S Vijayakrishnan, district secretary of Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA) told TOI, “This is the first time that assistant surgeons are being put on duty in labour rooms, which will only bring down the quality of the treatment.”
“We cannot accept this and has asked the district medical officer to immediately withdraw the circular,” he said.
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