India Covid crisis: Doctors threaten to strike over attacks patients kin in Goa
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According to official figures, the state has seen a total of 1,146 deaths.
With active Covid-19 cases in Goa surging from 1,716 on April 1 to 20,898 by Thursday, doctors are feeling the pressure as abusive and sometimes violent relatives confront them.
“It saddens us immensely that even after giving our best efforts, while being crippled by lack of adequate facilities, oxygen supply, beds, manpower etc. We have been on the receiving end of multiple threats and violent incidents in the past,” said the Goa Association of Resident Doctors (GARD) on Thursday.
Goa resident docs threaten to withdraw services in wake of assaults
By IANS |
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Thu, Apr 29 2021 21:42 IST |
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Panaji, April 29 : Government resident doctors manning Covid-19 hospitals in Goa have threatened to immediately withdraw their services in wake of continued multiple violent attacks by relatives of deceased Covid-19 patients.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the Goa Association of Resident Doctors, which represents around 300 resident doctors working in government hospitals, has also said that hospitals in Goa are crippled by lack of adequate facilities, oxygen supply, beds, manpower . It is always resident doctors who are at the receiving end of abuses for lack of beds and other facilities. The people of Goa need to understand that we have joined GMC as post-graduate students and are providing medicinal services as a part of learning.