Demanding to be relieved from COVID duties, 230 GMC Nagpur Resident Doctors go on indefinite mass leave
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Nagpur: Calling attention to doctors pursuing post-graduation facing tremendous academic loss as they keep on handling the COVID cases, almost 230 resident doctors of Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (IGGMCH) have gone on an indefinite leave en masse demanding discharge from COVID duties.
However, emergency and ICU services are unaffected by the stir.
The doctors marked it as a high time that authorities seek an alternative to handle COVID work and PG medicos should be relieved from COVID-19 duties so that they can focus on Post-Graduation (PG) courses. The residents was also demanding back their surgical complex so that they can gain the necessary knowledge in their respective fields.
Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) president at IGGMCH Dr Rajat Agrawal told PTI that, "230 resident doctors decided to go on indefinite mass leave as the issues raised by them in the past remained unresolved. "
"The resident doctors of the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital have been working selflessly to treat patients during the COVID pandemic waves for the last 15 months," he added.
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