Rajasthan resident doctors to continue statewide strike as talks fail | Jaipur News

A boy who met with an accident at Narain Singh Circle in Jaipur being shifted from outside the SMS Hospital to a private hospital by his relatives following the strike by resident doctors on Tuesday. The boy had multiple fractures on his leg and required an emergency operation

JAIPUR: Resident doctors, who went on strike across the state on Monday evening, declared that their statewide strike would continue indefinitely until the government met their demands on Tuesday. The doctors have not shown any signs of calling off the strike despite holding talks with the medical education department late into the night.
They have asked the state government to give a positive reply and assurance on their demands. “We have been protesting for the past 10 days. We have submitted an eight-point demand to the state government. The government said that our demands were legitimate. But, they have not given any assurance yet. Our strike will continue. Whenever they call, we are ready for talks,” said an agitating resident doctor.
They have alleged that the hospitals were short staffed and they have been overburdened with work as the new batch of resident doctors, who were waiting for the NEET-PG counselling to start, has not joined.
Only second-year and third-year resident doctors were working currently, they said. The first-year batch has not joined and the doctors were working with 66% workforce for the past six months. The NEET-PG has been delayed as the matter related to reservation is in the Supreme Court. So, the counselling for NEET-PG has also not started.
Since the final-year students left six months ago, they had to take on an additional work burden.
The doctors are also demanding three increments instead of the two given currently. They have also demanded the deadline for submitting thesis, poster and paper presentation to be extended from December 31 to March 31 next year. They also want senior residentship seats to be increased.
Though a meeting held with the medical education department continued till late on Tuesday evening, the talks failed and the doctors have decided to continue with their indefinite strike.
Reacting to the protest, health minister Parsadi Lal Meena said that he has written to the Centre to help resolve their issues related to NEET-PG. The reservation issue is in the Supreme Court and sub judice, he said.
“The demands of resident doctors are linked to the Centre and we have already written to the ministry of health to look into it. None of their demands are linked to the state government,” Meena told TOI.
The doctors are also angry with the state government for being tasked to do the “paperwork” and ensure that patients receive treatment under the Chiranjivi insurance scheme.