SCB Medical College Hospital House Surgeons, Nursing Staff conflict resolved after discussion with CMC Commisioner
Cuttack: An ongoing dispute between house surgeons and nurses at SCB Medical College and Hospital has been resolved, with services expected to return to normal following negotiations, an official said.
Earlier in the day, around 250 house surgeons working in the SCB Medical College and Hospital boycotted their general duties demanding action against the nursing staff who allegedly ill-treated them. As a result, services were partially disrupted at the hospital.
According to a PTI report, the arguments of associations of the house surgeons and nurses were later heard by a committee chaired by Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Commisioner Bijay Kumar Dash.
The conflict between house surgeons and nursing staff at SCB Medical College and Hospital started on Monday night due to a dispute between a doctor and a nursing officer while attending to a patient.
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As per a media report in the Republic World, claiming that the nursing staff were spreading lies and damaging the reputation of the hospital and doctors in the media, the house surgeons protested in front of the office of the hospital superintendent. They demanded that the nursing association should apologise and refrain from giving false statements to the media.
“We will provide emergency services only and boycott the general duties,” Dr Bibhas Kumar, Secretary of the House surgeons, said.
It was decided that a departmental enquiry will be conducted and both sides agreed that they would resume their duties, adds news agency PTI.
The delivery of patient care will function smoothly, said Dr Jayant Kumar Panda, a member of the committee.
He said all will cooperate to deliver the services smoothly.
The house surgeons were on strike, but they provided emergency services, according to hospital superintendent Dr Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra.
The conflict between house surgeons and nursing staff, which started on Monday evening, escalated on Wednesday when the house surgeons decided to launch an indefinite cease-work.
