The doctors of S N Medical College here and five other medical colleges in the state called off their five-day strike after police today arrested two persons for allegedly assaulting two resident doctors.
"We are now satisfied that police has arrested the two persons accused of beating up two residents on duty in trauma centre five days ago and have called off our strike," President of the Jodhpur Resident Doctors' Association Kamlesh Sharma said while tendering an apology to people for the inconvenience caused due to the strike.
All resident doctors today resumed duties in all three government hospitals of the city under S N Medical College while octors from five other medical colleges of the state, who had joined the Jodhpur medicos in their strike on Saturday, also resumed their duties.
SHO (Shastri Nagar) Anand Singh said the two accused, Lokendra Singh and Ajeet Pal Singh, were arrested this morning and added that they were arrested on the basis of the footage of the cameras of trauma centre.
"Both of them belong to Pali and are living in Jodhpur currently. We are further investigating the case to check who else was involved in the incident," Singh said.
There had been a clash among the relatives and attendants of patient, Rajendra Singh, who was referred to Jodhpur from Pali following serious injuries caused in an accident.
During the treatment, the attendants of the patient, had clashed with the doctors alleging indifference on their part.
Meanwhile, relatives and family members of a 10-year-old boy Rama, who had succumbed in the MDM Hospital yesterday morning, sat on dharna on this morning refusing to accept the body, alleging doctors' negligence in his treatment.
Later in the afternoon, they agreed for the post-mortem after the police registered a case against the Superintendent of the MDM Hospital and Head of Neurology Department Sunil Garg.
