Over 500 junior doctors at SSKM hospital are on an indefinite strike demanding more security after one of them was beaten up relatives of a patient who had died. The doctors claim this is fifth such incident in two months. They say despite assurances, police have failed to provide them security. ...
12:33 PM, Sep 27, 2010
Kolkata: Indefinite strike by junior doctors of SSKM Hospital spread to another state-run hospital in protest against the assault on one of their colleagues even as a conciliatory attempt by authorities failed to end the impasse. Unconfirmed reports said that two patients died after being denied admission in the SSKM hospital. However, hospital authorities were not available for comment. Five doctors have been arrested for assaulting relatives of patients after...
10:46 AM, Sep 27, 2010
Doctors at New Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital had gone on a 2 day strike demanding better security. ...
10:12 PM, Sep 08, 2010
Relief for patients as Safdarjang Hospital doctors end strike after security assurances. ...
03:35 PM, Sep 08, 2010
New Delhi: Nearly 1200 resident doctors of Safdarjung Hospital in the city, on an indefinite strike for two days demanding adequate security, on Wednesday called off their agitation following assurances from authorities that their demand will be met. "The issue has been resolved amicably and the strike has been called off," N K Mohanty, Medical Superintendent of the hospital, said after a meeting with the agitating doctors. He said that...
03:03 PM, Sep 08, 2010
The doctors meanwhile have set up a temporary OPD outside the hospital to treat emergency cases. ...
12:59 PM, Sep 08, 2010
New Delhi: The home ministry announced on Wednesday that it may invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against doctors who went on strike at the Safdarjung hospital in Delhi after a gynaecologist was beaten up by a patient's relatives. The doctors went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday morning demanding better security. However, so far the striking doctors have been unrelenting and adamant. Some 750 resident doctors and 500...
10:31 AM, Sep 08, 2010
New Delhi: The home ministry announced on Wednesday that it may invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against doctors who went on strike at the Safdarjung hospital in Delhi after a gynaecologist was beaten up by a patient's relatives. The doctors went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday morning demanding better security. However, the striking doctors are now involved in talks with the medical superintendent on security issues. Minister...
08:21 AM, Sep 08, 2010
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11:38 PM, Sep 07, 2010
Man pleaded with doctors in Jodhpur to treat his wife, but claims they refused because of the strike. ...
07:09 PM, Sep 07, 2010
Jaipur: Rajasthan doctors called off their strike on Tuesday evening after “positive” talks with the government. The doctors, who have been on strike for the past three days, said their demands had been accepted. Ajay Malviya, president of the Rajasthan Doctors’ Association, said: “The government has unconditionally accepted our demands. We will call the general body meeting and call off the strike.” He added that the doctors would be back...
05:53 PM, Sep 07, 2010
Jaipur: The doctors' strike across Rajasthan has claimed the lives of 31 patients in Jodhpur. The doctors, who went on strike on Sunday to protest against the alleged lathicharge at the MDM College in Jodhpur, have refused to back off. Senior doctors of three government hospitals in Jodhpur, who had agreed to report for their duties, have gone on strike again dealing a further blow to the medical services. Doctors...
11:14 AM, Sep 07, 2010
Jaipur: At least 14 people including seven infants have reportedly died at a Jodhpur hospital since Sunday after resident doctors in all the six government medical colleges and its attached hospitals in Rajasthan went on strike. The doctors are protesting against alleged police atrocities at the MDM Medical College in Jodhpur. The strike has been called to protest the alleged lathicharge on Saturday at the MDM Medical College in which...
02:01 PM, Sep 06, 2010
Mother Teresa's 100th birth anniversary is being celebrated around the world. Even though she died in 1997 but even 13 years after her death, doctors still volunteer at a leprosy home in Delhi, happy to be able to help complete the task, the Saint of the Gutters set out to do. ...
07:55 PM, Aug 26, 2010
Lucknow: Hours after four children died due to administration of spurious vaccines in Uttar Pradesh, the state government has filed FIRs against two doctors and three health officials. Parents said their children became unconscious after being vaccinated and didn't recover thereafter. A magisterial inquiry has also been ordered into the incident and the vaccination programme will remain suspended till the investigation is completed. The Union Health Ministry will send a...
07:34 AM, Aug 22, 2010
Army lady surgeon Lt Col Chitra Banerjee recounts the horrors and difficulties that doctors face while they battle waves of exhaustion and crisis in Leh. ...
12:21 PM, Aug 10, 2010
Nearly 1200 resident doctors, including MBBS students, are taking part in the strike. ...
12:04 PM, Aug 08, 2010
Doctors at Mumbai's KEM Hospital are scrubbing down hospital walls to set an example to inconsiderate visitors. ...
09:39 AM, Jul 28, 2010
The medical students and junior doctors are demanding better hostel facilities. ...
09:13 PM, Jun 02, 2010
Medical services were hit at the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Wednesday due to the hunger strikes by the doctors. ...
03:42 PM, Jun 02, 2010
