The Young Doctors Association (YDA) continued their strike in government-run hospitals of the province on Thursday for the second consecutive day. Despite the strike, treatment was provided to patients in medical camps set up outside some hospitals of the province.
At the same time, the Punjab government continued its action against doctors on strike and issued suspension orders against three more doctors. Moreover, the provincial government also authorised hospital administrations to take action against doctors causing obstruction in daily routine operations. Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique said that the government was implementing all points agreed unanimously regarding service structure of doctors, while weekly meeting of the implementation committee were being held regularly to review it. He expressed these views at a meeting held to review the service structure. He said the decision to provide Rs 1,200 per month as health professional allowance to doctors had already been implemented along with provision of special allowance of Rs 5,000 to FCPS doctors. Regarding 89 days leave to the doctors, a summary had been sent to the higher authorities in this regard, while the meeting of grievance committee would be called soon to solve problems being faced by doctors, he said.
Talking on the occasion, Dr Masood Sheikh of General Cadre Association expressed satisfaction over expeditious implementation of service structure of doctors by the government and health department. He said, in this situation, strike call by any group of doctors was without any justification. Meanwhile, a majority of poor patients hailing from far-flung districts of the province said they visited the OPDs of the hospitals because of better doctors and cheap treatment facilities. However, they said, the doctors’ move had left many unattended and disappointed. “This is simply heartless that the doctors have made it a routine to close down hospitals at will while the poor have nowhere else to go. The government should take a stand to resolve the issue as soon as possible,” Inayat Bibi, a patient from Jhang told Pakistan Today.
In stead of going on strike, YDA doctors should have moral courage to resign.
On the other hand, health dept should behave like a true employer.instead of suspending, these striking doctors should be terminatedand their medical licenses be cancelled permanently.that is the way it will be handled in a western country.
The most important person in the OPD or Hosp is the patient, not the doctor or the hosp MS or DMS.this business should be run the way a private business is run.
So there is no room for strike by doctors. They have to resolvethese issues now thru the court and by strike.
Those doctors who were involved in Gujranwala case must be prosecuted and jailed otherwise history will repeat itself.
In the past I had written a comment"these doctors are behaving like animals". This was written after incidence in Gujranwala.Now animals are protesting,that they do not want their name to be associated with the word "doctor "
These idiots will not resign as they are good for nothing. They cannot run their own clinic as they are unable to treat patients properly.
Since I have not seen a single resignation in the last few months , these people became doctors to work for health dept of Punjab.
Health dept can keep them or let them go over period of time say five to seven yrs. They could start from the leadership of YDA. Why people of punjab should hire some body who does not work properly, misbehave, keeps on giving threat of striking or on strike,always asking for more money for himself. When was the last time ,YDA went on strike to improve the facilities for patients both at OPD or in patient?
If I will be their employer, I will start working on the above mentioned program.
These doctors got admission in MBBS after bribing their way in the F.Sc. exams.
You may or may not be right.
I think it is the personality of the person, envoirnment and training he goes thru,does matter a lot.
But at the end of the day, mostly it depends on that person what he wants to achieve in this life?
Life always give you options.Thanks.
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