In a show of protest, docs throughout Telangana are collaborating in a collective demonstration by carrying black badges at their respective authorities hospitals and faculties. This motion is a response to the choice by the Director of Medical Training (DME) to droop two docs and a workers nurse following an incident at Authorities Basic Hospital, Kamareddy, the place a affected person within the ICU was bitten by rats.
Dr. Jalagam Thirupathi Rao, the State Basic Secretary of the Telangana Instructing Authorities Docs Affiliation (TTGDA), stated that the duty for rodent-related points lies with the sanitation workers and never the docs. He asserted, “The required action should be directed towards the sanitation agency, not the doctors who have no involvement in sanitation matters. We are staging a black badge protest, urging the DME to revoke the suspensions; otherwise, all doctors in the State will march to the DME office on Tuesday.”
Amongst these suspended is Dr. Vasanth Kumar, an Affiliate Professor at Kamareddy Authorities Hospital. Dr. Kumar, who was not current on the hospital on the day of the incident, defined, “From February 9 until now, I have been assigned duties as an external examiner at Gandhi Medical College Hyderabad. Secondly, nobody ever made me in charge of the ICU at the Kamareddy hospital. How can they suspend me when I was not present during the time of the incident?”
One other physician revealed that the responsibility physician was the person who discovered the affected person in that state and carried out an examination for accidents. “Was it inappropriate for the duty doctor to conduct rounds and assess the patient’s condition?” he requested.
An inquiry by a staff of well being division officers is scheduled for Monday, after which the suspended docs plan to current their aspect of the story to the DME.