Kerala Govt Medical Officers Association urges CM Vijayan to step up safety at hospitals

By PTI

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Days after an obligation physician was attacked at Fort Taluk hospital right here, the Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA) on Sunday petitioned the Chief Minister to extend the safety at hospitals and submitted a set of recommendations.

The KGMOA stated the services at hospitals have been insufficient to forestall assaults leading to affecting the sleek supply of important medical care to widespread folks.

“The repeated incidents of hospital attacks in the recent past have demoralised doctors who have been tirelessly working in the forefront to control the Covid pandemic. We are sure that you understand the gravity of the situation and will see to it that such untoward incidents are not repeated,” the Association stated in a letter addressed to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Police had on Friday arrested two folks for attacking an obligation physician and a safety guard on the Fort Taluk hospital on Thursday evening.

As a part of the recommendations, KGMOA requested thestate authorities to recognise all healthcare establishments below Kerala State Health Services as particular safety zones below Section 83 of the Kerala Police Act 2011.

“Police Aid posts needs to be established in all hospitals having casualty service.

Infrastructure services of healthcare establishments needs to be improved to boost safety.

Security cameras needs to be established and sufficient safety workers needs to be posted in all healthcare establishments.

Post of safety workers should be created in main hospitals,” the letter stated.

The medical doctors additionally demanded that each one instances of hospital assaults needs to be charged below Hospital Protection Act (The Kerala Health Service Persons and Healthcare Services Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act 2012 and sought immediate motion in opposition to the culprits of hospital violence.

The KGMOA additionally sought environment friendly steps to scale back the heavy rush and lengthy queues in healthcare establishments.

“The patient load in most healthcare institutions is unmanageable due to improper staff patterns Doctors and paramedical staff are inadequate for the increased patient load. Necessary steps should be taken to assess the patient load of individual institutions and increase the number of posts accordingly,” the KGMOA stated.

On Thursday evening, the 2 accused attacked the responsibility physician and verbally abused her.

The accused have been on the hospital to get their wounds brought about throughout a drunken brawl handled.

Police stated they refused to attend and began abusing the physician and attacked her and the safety guard.