“We (registrars , their seniors and consultants) will not come to duty from Monday as there is no environment to work at the hospital,” Dr Bhupendra Basnet, a medical registrar at the hospital, said. The services that have already been severely affected since Sunday look set to be completely halted Tuesday following the decision of the registrars and consultants.
“There will be no doctor to attend the patients tomorrow (Tuesday) and the only doctors at the hospital will be those at the management level,” Dr Basnet explained the severity of likely scenario.
A tripartite meeting of Residents Association of NAMS (RAN), NAMS and the Health Ministry held at the ministry late Monday afternoon failed to yield any results. The meeting began in an awkward fashion as the management had already issued notice at the hospital declaring that all the demands of RAN have already been met.
RAN, on the other hand, argued that the demands have not been met and it decided to go ahead with the strike creating a deadlock with seemingly no immediate solution possible. “We have already fulfilled their demands,” Vice-Chancellor of NAMS Dr CP Maskey said. “What can we do, when doctors continue with their strike even when the demands have been met,” Dr Maskey expressed helplessness.
Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Population Dr Praveen Mishra, who convened the meeting, was, however, eloquent about the meeting despite its failure to yield results. “That RAN and the management have finally sat together for a meeting is an achievement in itself. We will reach solution soon,” Dr Mishra hoped.
On Monday, the hospital bore a deserted look. Large number of security personnel were mobilized to prevent any untoward incident.
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