November 7, 2024

Resident Doctors’ Strike Disrupts Surgical Services at Jaipur’s SMS Hospital, Patients Turn to Private Care

Healthcare services at SMS Hospital and other government medical institutions throughout Rajasthan are being negatively impacted by the continuing strike of resident physicians in Jaipur. This was personally experienced by Harnek Singh, a 58-year-old Dudu patient, who was turned away when he showed up for a planned hernia operation. He was told by hospital workers that only life-saving surgeries were being done because of the strike and that he would have to come back after things were addressed.

Surgical services have been severely disrupted as a result of the strike. Due to the lack of resident physicians, just seven of the thirty procedures scheduled for Tuesday were carried out, according to Dr. Jeevan Kankaria, a senior professor at SMS Hospital. Similar to other surgical theaters, elective operations such as gallstone and hernia surgeries have been delayed.

Hospitals are all but crippled by the strike, which has affected resident physicians from all 18 colleges affiliated with the Rajasthan Medical Education Society. Empty beds are now being seen in many wards that normally run at maximum capacity. In contrast to pre-strike conditions, Hanuman Saini, a patient attendant, observed that a number of beds in their ward are empty, suggesting a significant drop in patient admissions.

Medical facilities in Ajmer, Udaipur, Bharatpur, Pali, Barmer, Bundi, and Rajsamand are also impacted by the strike, and resident physicians there have also joined the boycott. For instance, the JLN Medical College Hospital strike in Ajmer is now on its third day, and in Udaipur, 558 resident physicians from six hospitals connected to RNT Medical College are also on strike, placing further burden on the region’s healthcare system.

The largest hospital in the state, SMS Hospital, experiences significant disruptions to its core services, especially during night shifts. Critical surgery and emergency departments were understaffed as a result of the about fifty additional doctors who were dispatched to help, most of whom were allocated to inpatient departments. Concerns regarding the duration of the disruptions have been raised by the emergency department’s communication that resident physicians will only be permitted to return to their work after receiving consent from the medical college administration.

Many patients are increasingly seeking care in private hospitals, which may not be a practical choice for everyone, as elective surgeries are being postponed and vital services are being jeopardized. In order to restore regular services and guarantee patient care, the situation emphasizes the difficulties Rajasthan’s public healthcare system faces and the pressing need for a settlement to the continuing dispute between hospital administration and resident physicians.

 

 

 

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TIMES OF INDIA

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