Thane Civil Hospital staff hold protest over assault

Mumbai: Around 50 doctors from Thane Civil Hospital on Thursday took part in a four-hour protest and demanded additional security and the arrest of the people who assaulted three of their colleagues on Wednesday. The Thane police has deployed 12 officers in the hospital, who operate in two shifts, for the doctors’ security.  

Earlier, 20 relatives of a male patient at the hospital attacked three junior doctors and broke the glass of the main entrance before fleeing. On Thursday, the OPD was closed for four hours, and only emergency services were made available. The doctors were allegedly shouting slogans.

Civil surgeon of Thane Civil Hospital Kempi Patil said, “ All doctors including interns protested against the incident that happened yesterday. The protesters were demanding better security and the police assured us it would be provided in 24 hours. After this decision, all doctors stopped their protest.”

DCP A. Trimukhe said, “We have deployed 12 officers; six will work in morning shift and rest will work in the night. Our officers will not allow more than two relatives of patients inside the hospital or treatment room. These officers have been deployed especially for doctors’ security. We will arrest all culprits in the yesterday’s incident soon.”

On Wednesday, the patient, Mushtkil Memon (35), and his relatives attacked the doctors who were insisting on complying with medico-legal requirements as Memon (35) sustained cuts on his hands after a fight with his cousins. Memon and his relatives were unwilling to give the details of the incident to doctors.

Govt issues gr to ensure safety

Mumbai: The state government on Thursday issued a Government Resolution (GR) for ensuring security of doctors in civic- and state-run hospitals. The civic-run hospitals will have 321 security guards from the BMC's security force. The GR says 16 state-run hospitals in the state need 1,231 security guards. The total cost of this exercise is Rs 33.77 crore.  The GR further says BMC medical colleges such as KEM, Sion, Nair and Cooper Hospital will have 321 security guards from BMC's security force from April 1.

MARD president Yashowardhan Kabra said, " As promised by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and medical education minister Girish Mahajan, all colleges will get the additional security and Armed force from April 1, 2017."
"We are happy about this GR, now implementation is must," he said.