Over 4,000 resident doctors are staying away from work since yesterday demanding better security for them at the hospitals.
In the absence of the resident doctors, the medical services in the Out Patient Departments (OPDs) were primarily affected, a senior official of Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) said.
However, the emergency health services, including taking care of accident patients, surgeries and providing post-operative care to those admitted in various hospitals, were being maintained by senior doctors, he said.
They have been protesting against some recent incidents, including in Dhule and at the civic-run Sion hospital in Mumbai, where relatives of patients attacked the respective doctors in-charge.
A meeting held last night between Maharashtra Principal Secretary for Medical Education, Rajagopal Devara, and representatives of the resident doctors failed to resolve the deadlock.
The MARD, the apex body of resident doctors, has officially distanced itself from the decision of doctors to stay away from the duty.
A resident doctor from Sion hospital said, "Restrict the number of relatives flocking in with patients to government-run hospitals. The crowd affects the medical services and puts pressure on doctors attending the patients."
"If the government starts implementing it strictly, it will bring much relief to the doctors," he said.
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