House surgeons, teachers at Kozhikode Medical College to strike work on Monday
The Hindu
Move in support of postgraduate medical students who are on indefinite strike
Services at the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, will be hit on Monday with house surgeons and medical teachers calling for a strike in support of postgraduate medical students who have been on an indefinite strike for the past few days.
Functionaries of the Kerala House Surgeons Association said on Sunday that its members were forced to work more in the wake of the indefinite strike. Adding to the mental pressure was the deplorable incident that occurred at the Government Medical College Hospital, Alappuzha, where a house surgeon was physically attacked and verbally abused, they said. In protest against the delay in resolving the issues raised by the postgraduate medical students, the house surgeons would observe a 24-hour token strike from Monday morning, boycotting all non-emergency services. They would take out a demonstration at the Kozhikode medical college condemning the Alappuzha incident as well.
Meanwhile, members of the Kerala Government Postgraduate Medical Teachers Association too have called for a three-hour strike on Monday from 8 a.m. Apart from supporting the indefinite strike by the postgraduate medical students, the teachers are also highlighting the wage disparities for assistant professors in medical colleges.