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Times News Network Ludhiana: The three-hour strike by doctors in government hospitals, including district and sub-divisional hospitals as well as community health centres, affected OPD services and left patients inconvenienced. Emergency and intensive care units (ICUs) were exempted from the strike call. OPD services in government hospitals remained suspended for three hours, from 8am to 11am, on the strike call issued by the PCMS Association .
Demands of protesters include re-instatement of the assured career progression scheme and adequate security measures for healthcare workers. Dr Akhil Sarin of the PCMS Association said that if the government failed to fulfil their demands, health services would be completely suspended from September 12. He added that they initially planned to suspend OPD services fully from Monday but decided to do so for just three hours on the request of the government.
Limited duration protest will be observed till doctors’ meeting with the cabinet sub- committee led by finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema on September 11. During the three-hour strike, members of the PCMS Association distributed pamphlets listing their demands. They also displayed flex banners to make people aware of their demands.
Meanwhile, even the three hour suspension of the OPD led to issues for patients. An elderly patient, Mulk Chand of Tibba area, who was waiting outside the doctors’ room at the Civil Hospital, said that he came to the hospital as he was suffering from some abdominal problem but had to wait for around two hours to get himself checked. We also published the following articles recently Punjab doctors to go on strike from Monday, OPD services to be suspended Government doctors in Punjab plan to suspend outpatient department services for three hours daily from Monday through Wednesday, demanding assured career progression and timely promotions.
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