Medical college doctors boycott OP services indefinitely in Kerala
The Hindu
Doctors in Kerala's medical colleges boycott outpatient services indefinitely, demanding overdue pay revisions and improved staffing conditions.
Doctors in government medical colleges across the State, who have been on an agitation in phases since June last year raising various demands, have launched an indefinite strike, boycotting all outpatient (OP) clinic services.
Though the Kerala Government Medical College Teachers’ Association (KGMCTA) had given notice on the indefinite disruption of OP services from Monday to the authorities and public information notices had been stuck all over hospitals, the information did not seem to have reached the public.
Hundreds of patients who had reached the hospitals seeking OP appointments were rendered medical care by senior residents and medicos, in the absence of senior doctors.
The striking doctors staged dharnas in all hospitals. Doctors are also on hunger strike, with several members of the KGMCTA taking turns.
Academic activities in medical colleges are already affected, ever since KGMCTA began its indefinite boycott of the same since January 22. All lectures, other teaching activities as well as exams (excluding university exams) are being boycotted by the faculty.
In Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, the college union has already launched a protest against the disruption of academic activities and has demanded that the authorities settle the strike by the faculty. On Monday, the union staged a dharna in front of the office of the Principal demanding immediate resolution of the doctors’ strike so that academic activities are not affected.
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