Junior doctors from Hyderabad’s Gandhi Hospital raised slogans of “We want justice” sitting on the city’s roads. They are continuing their protest for the second day on Wednesday demanding that their issues be addressed after two doctors were attacked by the relatives of a COVID-19 patient on Tuesday night.
The state government has dedicated the Gandhi hospital to solely deal with COVID-19 cases. As per a recent CMO statement, the hospital has the facility to treat 2,150 patients, which includes 1,000 beds with oxygen supply facility.
Meanwhile, due to the lack of junior doctors, nurses and assistant professors are covering COVID-19 patients in all the 10 wards since Tuesday evening, said sources from the hospital.
On a regular day, junior doctors usually coordinate by calling up the Heads of Departments and other expert doctors to provide treatment to patients with the help of nurses.
As 150 junior doctors are on protest, the nurses are doing additional shifts and managing the situation, said a nurse from the hospital on condition of anonymity.
Also, the junior doctors are demanding that either the Health Minister or the Chief Minister address them in person at the hospital regarding their demands.
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