Resident doctors of the government owned Bir Hospital have stopped attending emergency service from Wednesday morning. Demanding the facilities of anesthetic and other services in the hospital, they didn't attend the emergency service. The doctors had closed Out Patient Department (OPD) on Monday and Tuesday also. The resident doctors have said that surgery of various kinds has been obstructed for last two months as no anesthetist is available in the hospital. They have also warned of strike if the demands were not met.
"As there is no anesthetist, we couldn't go to OPD even as patients who were given dates for surgery started coming to the hospital," said Dr. Gopesh Thakur.
He said it was dishonorable to provide treatment when there is lack of proper equipment and human resources. Poor people who cannot afford treatment in private or other expensive hospitals stay in queue for months to avail of surgery at Bir Hospital.
The hospital, which used to carry out about 20 operations daily, has not conducted a single one for the past three months.
One hundred and seventy-one resident doctors have stopped attending the OPD of the hospital since Monday to pressurize the hospital management to manage anesthetists and other requirements of the hospital.
The doctors are from the category of master of surgery, anesthesia, orthopedic, general medicine, pathology, radio therapy, radio diagnosis, eye, gynecology, pediatric and general practitioner.
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