Nagpur resident docs called off strike

Nagpur Government Medical College’s resident doctors have called off the strike after having a meeting with the state minister and the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER).

According to the doctors, the government officials have agreed on the security demands due to which they have called off the strike. Over 350 resident doctors went on strike since October 7 due to lack of security in the hospital premises.

Dr Pradeep Kaswan, President of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctor (MARD), Nagpur Government Medical College, said, “Our primary demand was to get security guards for our safety due to which we went on strike. After meeting with the DMER authority Dr Pravin hingare on Thursday, they have agreed to meet our demand. Over 180 security guards have been deployed at the hospital.”

Speaking about the termination letter given to 350 doctors by the hospital administration, Dr Pradeep, said, “The hospital has now issued a joining letter to all the resident doctors and we have joined back the duty. They have asked us to give list of government hospital where there is lack of security. We will be providing the information soon.”

As per the resident doctors, after the Maharashtra Security Force (MSF) went on strike in the third week of September they haven’t join back on security duty. They started to go on mass leave when an unknown woman’s dead body was found inside the hospital premises on October 7. They feared of lack of security issues. The resident doctors are getting support from other resident doctors across the state.