Thiruvanthapuram: The state government has warned strict action on postgraduate doctors who have boycotted non-essential services from Wednesday for the delay in counseling and lack of junior population.
The Minister of Health Vena George on Thursday said doctors who put the public health care system at risk will be taken to the task.
“The government has held two rounds of discussion with doctors PG.
They broke down with the demand that the acceptance to the first year’s PG course must be accelerated.
But the state government can do a little to accelerate the process because the problem is waiting before the Supreme Court.
To overcome the problem of workload, The government has agreed to appoint non-academic junior residents (Najr) in the hospital.
The strike was drawn based on such guarantees.
The command in this case has also been issued.
However, the part of the doctor PG has continued the strike, causing obstacles in the treatment of covid and non- Covid, “Minister said.
According to George, the government will be forced to arouse the provisions of prevention of epidemic disease if part of the PG doctor tries to hold a public health care system in a ransom.
He said the government had taken a mild attitude towards the demands raised by doctors and PG efforts to thwart a health care system would be taken seriously.
But the doctors who protested spoke together hard and said they had aired their complaints for a long time but things had not moved because the government did nothing.
“We have worked relentlessly in the last 18 months …
there is currently a shortage of around 700 doctors and even though there is a guarantee, there is no promise that is being made.
In addition, we have demanded a salary increase for a long time and nothing happens at The front is too, and therefore we do not have other choices but to increase our protest, “said a doctor who protested, added that they would boycott emergency services from Friday.
Rs 14.99CR for e-health programs in 30 hospesmara, George said the government had provided Hospital sanctions 14.99 crore for the direct launch of the e-health program in 30 government public hospitals.
“We plan to extend e-health services to tertiary care hospitals.
The steps have been taken to introduce e-health services around 600 primary health care centers that have been improved to family health care centers and 12 medical colleges and choose General Hospitals , “George said.
E-Health facilities will ensure better op services without trials related to traditional queuing systems.
(With input from the agency)