GOVT SAYS RESIDENT DOCS AGREE TO RETURN TO WORK, DOCTORS REFUSE

Jaipur: Amid the protest by the doctors, the State Government on Wednesday started the process of recruitment of junior residents in medical colleges. On the very first day on Wednesday, 486 applications were received for Junior Resident. The Medical College Administration has also started the recruitment process.

155 appointments have been given in SMS Medical College, 54 in Kota Medical College, 50 in Ajmer Medical College, 79 in Jodhpur Medical College, 99 in Udaipur Medical College. Along with this, other alternative arrangements are also being started in the colleges so that the medical arrangements do not get disturbed.

Along with this, preparations have been started to take action against the residents who do not return to work. On Wednesday, efforts to pacify them continued, but now the medical college administration can also take strict action against them in the next one or two days.

A health department official said in the evening that there was no significant impact of the boycott because the OPDs were handled through alternative arrangements.

There was not much impact of the boycott in Sawai Man Singh (SMS) hospitals, the largest state-run hospitals in Rajasthan. Services remained unaffected in Dausa, the hometown of state Health Minister Parsadi Lal Meena.

Taking a tough stand, the state government warned of disciplinary action against the government doctors for going on leave without approval. As a result, some of the doctors returned to work after boycotting work for two hours in Alwar, Bharatpur, Udaipur and Dungarpur.

“We are trying our best that no patient returns without consulting the doctor. Nursing staff is cooperating with us,” Rajeev Bagarhatta, principal of SMS medical college, said.