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Doctors strike: Health system crippled, patients left in lurch

Medical services were already affected at district hospitals including CHCs and PHCs as doctors, associated to All Rajasthan In Service Doctors Association (ARISDA) had gone on indefinite strike since Saturday

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Patients waiting outside a PHC in village near Jodhpur.
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The ongoing agitation of government doctors became serious on Monday as resident doctors joined the strike and boycott the work. The move resulted into crippled health services at the medical colleges associated hospitals also. Medical services were already affected at district hospitals including CHCs and PHCs as doctors, associated to All Rajasthan In Service Doctors Association (ARISDA) had gone on indefinite strike since Saturday.

JAIPUR PICTURE

In the SMS hospital, the largest government health facility in the state, around 900 residents doctors and 100 senior resident doctors started work boycott on Monday. This reflected into number of patients in OPD and IPD as well. On Monday 8,246 patients were registered in OPD which is around 10,000 in any normal day. Considering the threat of work boycott from residents, in the morning SMS medical college principal, Dr US Agrawal held a meeting for alternative measures, but these measures proved insufficient.

JODHPUR SCENE

After the arrest of doctors on the health centers of the villages, in-service doctors at many places are not coming to work from the past few days. The highest impact of the strike is being seen at the primary health centers of the villages. Due to the strike of in-service doctors,  The medical arrangements are getting worse at 85 Primary Health Centers, 25 Community Health Centers and 30 Urban Primary Health Centers.

The arrangements have started to deteriorate due to the strike of resident doctors in Dr SN Medical College affiliated Mathuradas Mathur Hospital, Mahatma Gandhi Hospital and Umaid Hospital. in this episode of the movement, They went on strike on Monday.

The arrest of the doctors here also continued on Monday. Three doctors have been arrested in Jodhpur division. For this reason, most of the in-service doctors have gone underground. Dr Balwant Mund, District President of the in-service doctors Association Jodhpur has gone underground after switching off his phone.

During the strike, the services of the doctors of the Railways, AIIMS, Army and BSF related to the Central Government medical services are being taken in Jodhpur.  MGH Superintendent Dr PB Vyas, MDMH Superintendent Dr. Shatansingh Rathore, and Umaid Hospital Superintendent Dr Ranjana Desai told that all senior doctors have been put on the work. conditions will remain in full control.

Villagers in many rural areas of the district, such as Phalodi, had to face many problems. Resident doctors of Dr SN Medical However, all these deaths were during the strike. According to the statistics, 33 deaths in MDMH, 9 in MGH and 13 in Umaid hospital.

HIDING DOCTORS

Most of the leaders of ARISDA remained underground keeping their phones witched off, to avoid any possible arrest as the government has already extended RESMA. Additional DGP told DNA that till Monday morning 85 doctors were arrested across the state.

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