MEDICAL SERVICES REMAIN HIT AS GOVT, STUDENTS DEADLOCK CONTINUES

Medical services remained affected at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) here after MBBS students and resident doctors on Tuesday refrained from the outpatient department (OPD) for three hours protesting against the state government’s bond policy, warning the government of intensifying their stir if their demands were not met.

The security guards did not allow the entry of MBBS students in the OPD, forcing the students to observe peaceful sit-ins outside the Chaudhary Ranbir Singh OPD.

Priya Kaushik, an MBBS student, said that without any written orders or notification, the security officials restricted their entry inside the OPD.

“We have been protesting peacefully since November 1 and patients have been extending their support to us. We are helping patients while referring them to emergency wards. The resident doctors observed a threehour pen-down strike. If the government fails to revoke this policy, we are considering options like shutting down OPD services and even emergency services for an indefinite period of time,” she added. The students have been demanding rollback of the contentious bond policy.