Ranchi: Doctors of the state under the banner of the Indian Medical Association, Jharkhand and Jharkhand State Health Services Association (IMA and JHASA) have written a letter to Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Through the letter while reiterating the pending demands the Chief Minister has been asked to take an immediate decision.
At the same time, many demands have been reiterated so that there is no problem in the treatment of patients. Along with this, it has also been said that assurance was received from both the government and the department. They demanded that the government should call the doctors for talks and get the demands passed in the assembly session starting from the 27th of February and if this is not done then they will agitate and the government will be fully responsible for this.
The doctors and their associations said that the role of the Chief Minister towards some demands has been commendable. Doctors and all the common people related to health are expecting an important, concrete and decisive announcement related to this.
All the private and government doctors across the state fulfilled their responsibility towards the health of the general public and worked to its full potential even during all the three waves of Covid-19 the letter said adding But they are hurt by the indifferent attitude of the government and the department and is feeling cheated.
The doctors said that if these issues are not passed during this assembly session, the organization will be bound to agitate in a phased manner. The doctors and their associations have demanded necessary amendments in the Clinical Establishment Act, on the lines of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, hospitals up to 50 beds should be exempted from the Clinical Establishment Act.
Other demands include implementing Medical Protection Act At present Medical Protection Act is applicable in 23 states of India. In the states where it is implemented, the referral of patients is less and as a result, the death rate is less. Incidents of assault and vandalism with doctors and health workers can be reduced. Doctors should be exempted from biometric attendance. The government has sensibly announced to free the police department from the biometric attendance system considering it as emergency services.
While health care is first in the list of emergency services Indecent language has been used by Jamtara MLA Irfan Ansari like dragging the civil surgeon Jamtara.
Taking cognizance of this, appropriate action should be taken Dhanbad’s doctor couple Dr Vikas Hazra and Dr Prema Hazra died accidentally due to fire. Just as the government is giving an amount of four lakh per person on death due to fire in Dhanbad’s Ashirwad apartment. That is why the state government should also provide funds to doctors.
Dr Saurabh Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, RIMS, Ranchi, who died in a road accident while on duty, the government should also give him an amount of four lakhs and his wife Dr Khushbu, who herself is an anesthetist, should be given a government job.
The conditions prescribed for NOC of fire safety should be simplified so that concrete arrangements can be made in all the hospitals where it is indoor where indoor patients are not admitted, the health center should be kept free from it.