OPD services outside Health Ministry: AIIMS doctors continue protest against rape-murder of Kolkata doctor

Written by Kajal Rajput Published On 2024-08-20T13:30:19+05:30 | Updated On 20 Aug 2024 1:30 PM IST

New Delhi: Continuing their strike in response to the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) set up elective OPD services outside Nirman Bhawan on Monday.

In a press statement released on Sunday, RDA AIIMS stated, "Resident doctors will be available for providing elective OPD services of around 36 specialities (including medicine, surgery, Obs & Gynae, paediatrics, ophthalmology, Orthopedics and others) to patients outside Nirman Bhawan. Emergency services will continue as before at our hospitals", news agency ANI reported.

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This decision came after a discussion with the Action Committee for Central Protection Act and the general body of RDA AIIMS, where "it was unanimously decided to continue the strike, as our demands remain unaddressed. This includes halting academic activities, elective OPDs, ward, and OT services, while maintaining emergency services, ICUs, emergency procedures and emergency OT."

According to an ANI report, the release further stated that this was done to "provide the patient care services in the nation's interest and as per our Hippocratic oath" and "to highlight the lack of security of healthcare professionals nationwide."

They further urged "the government to accept our plea for an urgent central ordinance for the safety and security of healthcare workers and institutes" and requested the authorities "to allow for the same and provide the necessary arrangements for the elective outpatient services outside Nirman Bhawan."

Earlier, on August 9, a postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, sparking nationwide strikes and protests by the medical community.

On August 14, the protest site and the hospital campus at RG Kar were vandalised by a mob, prompting security personnel to disperse the crowd.

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Kajal Rajput

Kajal joined Medical Dialogue in 2019 for the Latest Health News. She has done her graduation from the University of Delhi. She mainly covers news about the Latest Healthcare. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in.