Thiruvananthapuram: Boycot of emergency services was announced by Postgraduate Medical Students (PG) from the government’s medical college hospital from Wednesday with Tuesday.
The decision was taken by the Post Post Kerala Association after talks between representatives and Minister of Health Veena George on Tuesday night.
The State Secretary of the Association of Dr.
Naveen R said the group held a meeting with ministers who convinced the recruitment of non-academic junior citizens within two days.
“Therefore, we draw ongoing strikes and boycott from all emergency services starting on Wednesday,” he added.
PG medical students decided to boycott emergency services from Wednesday because the government failed to respond to their demands even though the six-day strike was carried out without affecting patient care in all college hospitals.
Senior doctors at the Medical College Hospital and Branch of the State of the Indian Medical Association support the PG Medicos strike and also urge the government to solve their problems.
Residents of doctors across the country are in protests for days with delays in Neet PG counseling and lack of junior residents in various hospitals in the state.
The population of all the government’s medical college hospitals had been burdened and there were only two batches that replaced the usual three now.
With a threat that looms from the third covid wave, we are worried and really want a health care system well prepared with an adequate workforce in the hospital, said Dr.
Naveen.
KGMOA to start the strikeememesmara, the health service doctor has decided to start an unlimited stand attack in front of the secretariat from Wednesday to protest anomalies in revising their salaries that have not been repaired by the government.
Kerala Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA) and the government has several discussions over the past 10 months and many guarantees are given.
All promises are left on paper; Doctors of health care were ignored by the government, said Kgmoa State President Dr.
GS Vijayakrishnan.
During the revision of the payment, the basic payment of the entries cadres was reduced and several benefits were withdrawn.
When all cadres and other departments were given recognition during the revised payment, only a government doctor who faced this neglect, said KGMOA Secretary General Dr.
TN Suresh.