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OPD services remained suspended at six medical colleges across Jharkhand on Tuesday, causing inconvenience to hundreds of patients who visited government hospitals to get treated for minor ailments and regular check-ups, becuse of an indefinite doctors strike to protest the delay in payment of arrears as per the seventh pay commission.
However, resident doctors offered their service at the emergency of the six hospitals, where most of the patients in need of immediate medical assistance were treated.
The over 500 doctors of medical colleges in Jharkhand called for an indefinite strike and boycott of OPD services on Monday after talks between health authorities and the doctors failed to reach a consensus. The doctors wore a black badge on their arm at work since the beginning of March as a mark of protest against the government.
Demanding arrear payment resident doctors go on strike OPD of six medical colleges across Jharkhand to remain non-operational from Tuesday for an indefinite period
The Outdoor Patient Department (OPD) of the six medical colleges across Jharkhand are likely to remain non-operational from Tuesday onwards as over 500 resident doctors have decided to go on an indefinite strike. The protesting doctors are demanding payment of arrears of the seventh pay commission that was implemented in 2016.
All the resident doctors in – Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College Hospital (MGM) in Jamshedpur, SNMMCH in Dhanbad, Palamu Medical College, Hazaribag Medical College, and Dumka Medical College – have been sporting a black band at work since last Monday as a mark of protest against the alleged apathy of the government towards their long-standing dem
RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav (File Pic)
Ranchi hospital submits report to Jharkhand HC in matter of jail manual violation by Lalu Prasad ANI | Updated: Mar 05, 2021 21:40 IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], March 5 (ANI): The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) on Friday submitted a report to the Jharkhand High Court, which is hearing the matter of an alleged violation of jail manual by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad Yadav through video conferencing.
During the hearing today, RIMS submitted a report explaining under what circumstances he was referred to AIIMS Delhi, what tests he underwent and the details of the recommendations of the medical board.
Attendants of patients in need of blood at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) will not have to queue up outside the blood bank and deal with middlemen anymore.
In a bid to do away with blood agents, who often find gullible attendants and sell blood to them, the hospital administration has decided that only staff working in the blood bank will directly deliver blood to the patient’s ward on the basis of requisitions by doctors or nurses.
Earlier, an attendant of a patient in need of blood transfusion had to go to the blood bank, get the blood bag of the required group and carry it to the patient’s bed without any assistance from hospital staff. This process, doctors said, often led to overcrowding at the blood bank, which gave middlemen the opportunity to operate.