2 weeks ago
Andhra Pradesh Junior Doctors Boycott Emergency Services Amid Stipend Strike
Doctors who are still learning in Andhra Pradesh are upset because they want to be paid more money for their work.
To show how they feel, they stopped doing their regular hospital jobs.
Now they have also stopped helping in emergencies, which is the most important part of a hospital.
This means many sick people are waiting a very long time to see a doctor.
Some hospitals are trying to find other doctors to help, but there are not enough of them.
The doctors say they have been waiting for the government to talk to them for ten days.
Many operations that are not urgent have been postponed.
People are worried that if the strike continues, patients who need urgent care will be in danger.
The doctors hope the government will listen and give them more money for their hard work.
Junior doctors across Andhra Pradesh intensified their strike on Monday, boycotting emergency services in addition to regular medical services.
The boycott severely affected patient care at major government hospitals, including Guntur, Vijayawada, Kakinada, Kurnool, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam medical colleges.
Patients faced long waits and disrupted OP and IP services, with some reporting waits of nearly two hours for OP slips.
Doctors are demanding an increase in their stipends and say there has been no government response after 10 days of striking.
At Kurnool medical college, all 716 junior doctors joined the strike while only 65 doctors were deployed as an alternative arrangement.
- Who
- Junior doctors, postgraduate students and interns in Andhra Pradesh, supported by the AP junior doctors' association.
- What
- Junior doctors intensified their strike by boycotting emergency services in addition to regular medical services, severely affecting patient care.
- Where
- Government hospitals across Andhra Pradesh, including Guntur, Vijayawada, Kakinada, Kurnool, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam medical colleges.
- When
- The emergency boycott began at 8am on Monday, following 10 days of striking over routine services.
- Why
- Doctors are demanding an increase in their stipends and say the government has not responded to their demands.
Key facts
- Strike duration
- 10 days (routine services), emergency boycott began Monday 8am
- Junior doctors involved
- More than 6,000 PG doctors across Andhra Pradesh
- PG students enrolled
- 2,041 postgraduate medical students in clinical, non-clinical and diploma courses
- Kurnool medical college
- All 716 junior doctors on strike; only 65 doctors deployed as alternative
- House Surgeon stipend
- 25,906 per month
- PG stipends
- First year 60,823; second year 61,528; third year 64,000 (approx.)
- Affected hospitals
- Guntur, Vijayawada Siddhartha, Kakinada Rangaraya, Kurnool, Tirupati Ruia and Visakhapatnam Andhra medical colleges
Quotes
Dr K Lakshmi Chittinarrasamma
Principal of the medical college at Kurnool
“We have made alternative arrangements and are holding discussions with the director of medical education to persuade the junior doctors to withdraw the strike. The strike will certainly have some impact on hospital services.”
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“I came to the hospital with severe asthma and have been waiting for two hours. I had no one to accompany me. The situation is very difficult.”
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