Gandhi Hospital Medicos Conditionally Resume Duties

Hyderabad: The junior doctors at Gandhi Hospital on Friday morning have conditionally called off their strike and have resumed their duties with immediate effect.

‘Taking public health into consideration especially in view of the pandemic we are fighting and trusting the Health Minister’s reassuring words, Juda has decided to conditionally call off the strike and resume duties with immediate effect,” they said.

48hrs after the Telangana Government claimed that Gandhi is well equipped and has sufficient medical strength, PG doctors take to the streets, staged Rastha Roko.
'One Hospital for 4 Cr population justify', read a poster. pic.twitter.com/y3jUHRORM3

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The major demands put forward by medicos included resuming non-covid health care services at Gandhi Hospital, decentralisation of management of SARI and Covid-19 positive cases, recruitment of doctors, nurses and providing SPF protection at all Government teaching hospitals.

#Telangana Junior doctors protesting outside Gandhi hospital in #Hyderabad. Their demands include deploying paramilitary forces at the hospital for better protection, immediate recruitments, decentralisation of covid cases, protective kits to all healthcare workers. pic.twitter.com/0eB7vyIMBt

— Rahul Devulapalli (@rahulscribe) June 10, 2020

The medicos have urged the Health Minister, Eatala Rajender to personally involve himself in addressing their demands, so that they don’t have to boycott duties again in a more intensive way in a fortnight.