‘Overburdened’: docs submit memorandum to medical school dean in Surat

“OVER-BURDENED” by the workload of treating Covid and non-Covid sufferers, over a whole bunch of resident docs of New Civil Hospital on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the Dean of Government Medical College and requested that their points be seemed into.
There was an increase seen within the variety of Covid sufferers present process remedy at Surat New Civil Hospital new constructing and after the authorities had began shifting some Covid sufferers to completely different wards of outdated NCH.
Over 400 resident docs, beneath the banner of Junior Doctors Association had on Thursday, handed memorandum to the dean of Government medical school Dr. Ritambara Mehta. The Association had demanded that non-Covid remedy exercise must be restricted and extra significance to be given to Covid sufferers.
Junior Doctors Association President Dr. Jignesh Patel mentioned, “We have also demanded hike in the stipend. We are not demanding 100 per cent hike, we have demanded 40 -50 per cent hike. The incentive of Rs 25,000 announced by the state government, last year is still pending it . With large number of patients coming to NCH, the beds have been increased but the strength of doctors, nurses and servants are same, so the staff should be increased. Our duties in the pandemic time should be included in the completion of bond, as the pandemic has affected our academics, our family lives and the doctors are doing services since pandemic started.” On Thursday afternoon, the Junior Doctors Association leaders held a gathering with Dean Dr Ritambara Mehta, NCH superintendent Dr. Raghini Verma and Resident Medical Officer Dr Ketan Naik.

The non-Covid OPDs remained shut for couple of hours at NCH, and sufferers needed to watch for the docs, as they had been busy within the assembly. After the assembly ended, work at non-Covid OPD resumed round 1 pm onwards.
NCH Resident Medical Officer Dr Ketan Naik mentioned, “In the meeting it was decided that the work of non covid will be reduced and only emergency services and ICU will be continued while regular non covid OPD will be stopped at NCH. However other demands has been forwarded to the state government.”
Woman doc discovered lifeless
A 40-year-old lady physician was discovered lifeless beneath mysterious circumstances at her residence in Adani Shantigram society in Gandhinagar Thursday.
According to the police, the deceased, Dr Manisha, advisor at Gujarat Cancer Society Medical College in Ahmedabad, was discovered lifeless in a toilet at her house in Water Lily society at Adani Shantigram. Her husband, Dr Nilesh Chauhan, is an assistant professor at Sola Civil Hospital. The physique was discovered by her husband. The couple has an eight-year-old daughter. “We have not found any note from the spot and a probe on. As of now, an accidental death report has been filed ,” mentioned Vanrajsinh Manjariya, police inspector, Santej police station.