The Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) administration on Monday initiated action against postgraduate students who went on strike on Friday and returned to duty only on Saturday evening.
Sources said the hospital authorities issued showcause notices to about 80 medics, asking them to explain why their registration should not be cancelled despite remaining absent from emergency duty and endangering the lives of several patients.
PMCH principal Dr N.P. Yadav said the students against whom the action has been initiated belong to medicine, surgery, paediatrics and obstetrics and gynaecology departments.
“These students had also abused and misbehaved with the superintendent, Dr O.P. Chaudhary, on Friday night and ransacked his office and my chamber. Chaudhary has identified all of them and has sent a report to the state government in this connection. I was asked by the senior authorities to take action against the unruly medics and I am following the orders,” Yadav told The Telegraph.
He added that the medics had been asked to submit their replies by tomorrow.
“The notices have been sent to the respective departments. The department heads have been asked to give these letters to the postgraduate students individually,” the principal said.
On Friday, functioning at the emergency ward of PMCH was paralysed when more than 550 junior doctors wenton strike following an assault on two of their colleagues from the medicine department.
The issue showcause notices has infuriated the junior doctors further. “It is shocking that we are being treated like this. We will call a junior doctors’ association meeting tomorrow and decide what to do next,” a junior doctor at the PMCH told The Telegraph.
Health hub safety
A large police force of police was deployed on Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences on Monday to prevent trouble.
First-year students of the college had gone on the rampage on March 22, after two of them were shot at by criminals. The health hub authorities have decide to take strict action against 19 students found responsible for destroying hospital property.
