Ahmednagar medical fraternity protests arrest of staff in hospital fire
The Hindu
A medical officer and three nurses have been arrested in connection with the inferno that killed 11 COVID-19 patients
Doctors, nurses and paramedical staff in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district have strongly protested against the arrest of a medical officer and three nurses in connection with the hospital inferno which claimed the lives of 11 COVID-19 patients, mostly senior citizens, last week.
The district’s medical fraternity, which includes the local chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the Maharashtra State Health Nurses Association, and the State Association of Government Medical Officers, as well as Homeopathy and Ayurveda practitioners, went on a day-long strike on Thursday after the four medical personnel were arrested on charges of “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” and of causing “death by negligence” in connection with the fire.
While the hospital’s Out Patient Departments remained shut, no essential services were interrupted during the strike, stressed the protestors.