CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Patna, The agitation of doctors has intensified across the country over the case of rape and murder of a female trainee doctor in Kolkata. The effect of this agitation is also being seen in Bihar. The OPD service of all the major hospitals of the capital Patna has come to a halt for the last several days. The strike of junior doctors is continuing in PMCH, NMCH, IGIMS and Patna AIIMS.

On Tuesday also, the doctors have decided to keep the OPD service closed in these hospitals. The strike of junior residents in PMCH, NMCH, IGIMS and Patna AIIMS will continue on Tuesday as well. In such a situation, neither OPD will run in these hospitals on Tuesday nor will the pre-scheduled surgeries be done. On Monday also, junior resident doctors sat on dharna in these hospitals.
The lives of patients are in danger due to the halt of OPD services in all the four major hospitals of Patna. Doctors have not disrupted emergency services but OPD services have been closed for the last several days, due to which patients who have come to Patna from far-off places for treatment are facing a lot of trouble. Patients and their families were seen wandering in these hospitals for treatment.

Meanwhile, Health Minister Mangal Pandey has given strict instructions to the police that immediate action should be taken even on minor complaints of doctors. Health Minister Mangal Pandey has said that doctors are the first priority of the Bihar government. At the government level, SSPs and SPs of all districts have been instructed that along with doctors, if any health worker of any category registers his complaint, immediate action should be taken on it.