Medical Professors of Sayaji Hospital went on symbolic strike for their pending demands

The medical professors of Sayaji Hospital went on symbolic strike for their long-pending demands. Medical service, as well as patients undergoing treatment, are affected due to the strike by doctors and trainee nursing staff for the last two days.

The Gujarat Medical Teachers Association, Vadodara Medical Officers which staged a symbolic protest at Sayaji Hospital has hinted that if the government does not resolve the issues within the next 48 hours, operations including Covid19 will be stopped. The strike affected postmortem, indoor, and lab operations.

President of Gujarat Medical Teachers Association Dr. Nipul said that Gujarat Medical Professors have raised their service issues like salaries, promotions, and allowances and demands have been made to the government since 2011. In 2012 they held a 13-day protest in view of their demands. He further said that the strike was called off after the government undertook in writing to the Medical Teachers Association to accept the demands of their outstanding questions by the end of the year 2012 and take the appropriate decisions. But service issues have not been regulated nor the decision to make temporary medical teachers permanent has not been taken by the government.

Besides, the issues of promotions and allowances have not been resolved to date. The government has only verbally guaranteed their issues and hence on the first day, medical teachers from all over Gujarat sat on
Government Medical College SSG Hospital from 9 am to 5 pm and away from non-covid services like Lab operations, X-ray operations, indoor duty, postmortem duty.

Leader of the Association Dr. Farzana Kothari said that if no positive action is taken by the government till this evening or late night, from tomorrow they will continue the strike and away from Covid duty.

The doctors from GMERS Gotri hospital continued their protest as no response has been given by the administration. They organized a blood donation camp on Thursday so that patients continue to receive blood during such difficult times.