After Munni was diagnosed with gallstones, the hospital had decided to operate on her Sunday. But the operation could not be carried out on Sunday after all the doctors working at the hospital resigned en masse on the same day.
“As a result, her pain has gone unabated. She is currently on painkillers. I have been waiting for doctors for the surgery, but it seems now the wait is futile,” complained Sharma. He added he does not have enough money to take his daughter to another hospital for surgery. [break]
Likewise, Subba Lal Raut of Mahadev - 7 in Saptari district brought his son Bal Mukunda Rauth and grandson Ganesh Mandal to the hospital for treatment.
Now he is looking desperately for the arrival of the doctors. “We have no other option than to wait for the doctors as we cannot afford treatment at private hospitals,” said Subba Lal.
Similarly, four days ago, Mahesh Kumar Chaudhary of Mirgauliya - 1 in Morang district had undergone surgery. After the resignation of the doctors, Chaudhary has been left to the care of the nurses.
With the en masse resignation of the doctors, the patients admitted at the hospital have started to leave either for their home or to other hospitals. Only handfuls of patients are left in the hospital now.
Moreover, those patients who have been admitted to other private hospitals have been forced to receive medical treatment at a high cost than they can generally afford. The patients have been deprived from the free medication and treatment facilities that have been provided by the state-run zonal hospital.
Thousands of patients visiting the hospital have been directly affected. The pregnancy ward of the hospital has remained closed for four days now, while the outdoor patient department of the hospital has also come to a grinding halt from Sunday following the doctors´ resignation.
“The health secretary (at Ministry of Health and Population) has asked us to resume the service as soon as possible,” Mashu Jha, an official at the hospital said.
He informed that the consensus has already been forged between the agitating doctors and the District Administration Office regarding security to the doctors and not to provide compensation to the patients who died during the medical treatment.
But the protesting doctors said that they will not return to work unless the local authority punishes those who manhandled a doctor at the hospital on Friday.
Some people had manhandled Dr. Yogendra Mishra after the death of a patient following a surgery.
Likewise, various civil right activists have urged the doctors return to the work and start providing health services.
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