IMPHAL: Ever since the senior residents of Jawaharlal Nehru of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) went on a cease work strike demanding amendment of the Hospital’s Services Rules and Regulation, 2015 and enhancement of promotion opportunities, the number of Out-Patients registering in most of the department decreases.
While the media on Friday enquiring about the issue to the attendants of Medicine OPD, they showed a register which has an average of 300 out-patients registered in the department before the strike compared to the number of out –patient which is less than 200 after the cease-work strike, excluding referrals. Most of the beds in some of the wards are lying vacant in the hospital, and the strike has affected most of the departments in the hospital.
The case work strike called by senior residents of the hospital reached the tenth day on Friday which brought hardships to the in-patients and huge workload for the senior consultants and Heads of Departments. The doctors’ strike gives negative feelings to the people, which may be the cause of the decrease in number of patients visiting the hospital.
Speaking to media persons, a representative of Senior Residents, Dr. Th. Opendra said the Chief Minister had given verbal assurance to the their genuine demands on August 27, but documentation in the form of Memorandum of Understanding needs to be signed. It will be problematic in future if an agreed written document is not available, he said adding that the agitators were not against the rule of MCI, but, instead contributed largely for better functioning of the Hospital.
“Considering many hardships faced by the public due to the strike, and many health programmes of the Chief Minister to be implemented, we also hesitated to go on strike for longer period,” he said, and anticipated that an amicable solution may be reached by Saturday with the concerned authority.
“As our genuine demands which came out from our long sufferings are positively acknowledged by the concerned authority, the process of signing an agreement is expected on Saturday when the Principal Secretary of Health & family Welfare arrived here on Friday,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Medical Superintendent of JINIMS, Prof. L. Ranbir Singh said that it is unfortunate that the public face many hardships due to the strike, and ward admissions have also been restricted. But, with all positive aspects of talk between the higher authority and the agitators, and with the acknowledgement of the agitators’ miseries by the concerned authority, the cease-work strike is expected to end soon, he said.
“From my side as a Medical Superintendent of the Hospital, I am in much concern to all the problems which arose out of the strike. However, I am here, ready to serve the public who are in needs to best of my capability,” he said.
He appealed to the general public not to avoid going to the hospital due to the senior residents cease work strike, but to visit the hospital as usual for any kind of illnesses. He gave a message to the people that all necessary works of the hospital are still taken care of by senior consultants and heads of department in the larger interest of the public.
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