Patient care services were hit across all public sector hospitals in the district on Tuesday, a result of the boycott of outpatient clinics in government hospitals and medical college hospitals by the medical fraternity.
Most of the outpatient clinics in government institutions under the Health Services did not function as doctors, under the banner of the Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association, decided to go on leave en masse to protest against the manner in which doctors were being accused of medical negligence at every turn by people and the government “playing to the gallery” and not doing anything to defend doctors.
The KGMOA was also protesting against the government for not taking any action against those who unleashed violence at the Nedumangad Taluk Hospital, attacking the Hospital Superintendent and the District Medical Officer.
Though posters had been put up in hospitals that OP clinics would not be functioning on Tuesday, most patients did not seem to have known this and had to go back disappointed.
The KGMOA said doctors would continue the non-cooperation strike till the unfair action taken against the doctor accused of medical negligence at the Nedumangad hospital, even before the expert committee report had been out, was revoked.
