GMCH doctors assured of safety, to return to work

Aurangabad | Wednesday | 17th October, 2018

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Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) and resident doctors demanded that GMCH register a police complaint and take measures to ensure security of doctors at work. As many as 36 surgeries were performed.Following meetings on Tuesday evening between GMCH authorities and representatives of resident doctors, agitating doctors said they would resume work from 10 pm on Tuesday. AURANGABAD: After resident doctors were twice assaulted in the past few days, junior doctors at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) had planned to stay away from work on Tuesday morning. Before Sunday’s matter died down, a 29-year-old woman under treatment for a swine-flu like disease died, and her relatives too assaulted doctors. “Following the complaint, an offence has been registered,” Adhe said.Of the hospital’s 285 resident doctors, 204 were on leave..