The doctors said the strike was over what they described as the inability of the State Government to honour the agreement it signed with the body on 17th January, 2019, during the resident doctors’ warning strike.
“Completion and adoption of staff condition of service including granting of In-service training to qualified medical officers. “For instance, a considerable amount of patients’ investigations are outsourced at increased cost, the length of admission is increased and with the rising service cost all translating into enormous financial burden for the common man.”
“This pitiful situation has been going on for about 7 years now since inception of the teaching hospital. Consequently, our doctors have become the laughing stock of their colleagues.