Anish Giri of Biratnagar-13 underwent a surgery at the zonal hospital four days ago and the doctors had decided not to discharge him for the next seven days. But much to his surprise, he was discharged on Sunday morning and was told to go elsewhere for treatment.[break]
“Though the doctors had said that I have to stay at the hospital for at least seven more days, I was all of sudden discharged and asked to go to another hospital”" complains Giri.
Prakchhaya Bhattrai of Biratnagar- 10, another patient, had to be taken to another hospital to remove her surgery stitches.
After as many as 70 doctors at the hospital jointly resigned, hundreds of patients such as Anish and Prakchhya had to return home or were rushed to other hospitals.
The en mass resignations by the doctors have brought the emergency service of the hospital to a grinding halt.
It all started on Friday when some local residents tried to manhandle Dr. Yogendra Mishra after the death of a patient following a surgery.
The doctors, who had stopped working at the gynecology department since Friday, had suddenly resigned on Sunday morning.
"The en masses resignation of the doctors has severely affected health services in the hospital. Now it is almost impossible to keep serious patients in the hospital as there are no doctors to attend them," said Umakanta Jha, the medical superintendent.
Meanwhile, consumer right activists have protested the doctors´ en mass resignation, saying that they can´t shrug off the responsibilities toward the patients.
Eastern Regional Administrator, Shankar Prasad Adhikari, who held talks with the agitating doctors, had assured them full security, but they declined to return to work.
A new mother, Kajma Prabin of Saptari, had died on Friday morning following the child birth through caesarean section on Thursday evening.
Charging Dr. Mishra with negligence that led to Prabin´s death, the irate relatives and some locals had tried to manhandle him on Friday.
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