Gujarat Resident Docs, Academics Protest Over Delay In New Admissions

Resident medical doctors stated that delay in admission brought about an acute scarcity of medical doctors. (Representational)

Ahmedabad:

Round 1,500 resident medical doctors of varied medical schools in Gujarat went on a day-long strike on Monday to protest towards postponement of the NEET-PG counselling, claiming the delay in admission brought about an acute scarcity of medical doctors which elevated the workload on junior medical doctors.

Moreover, tons of of professors and lecturers of varied authorities and Gujarat Medical Training and Analysis Society (GMERS)-run medical schools additionally held protests throughout the state over their lengthy pending calls for, together with cost of arrears as per the seventh Pay Fee suggestions.

The Centre lately placed on maintain the counselling for the NEET-PG 2021 till January subsequent 12 months over some points and likewise knowledgeable about it to the Supreme Courtroom.

The Nationwide Eligibility cum Entrance Take a look at for Postgraduate (NEET-PG) programs is carried out for fields just like the Grasp of Surgical procedure, and Physician of Drugs. Counselling is a part of the admission course of.

“Usually, post-graduates are admitted in Might. Now, because of the postponement of counselling, the brand new batch of PG college students will arrive in March subsequent 12 months. Thus, as an alternative of three batches, resident medical doctors of solely two batches are attending all of the sufferers for the final one 12 months. This has elevated our workload,” a protesting physician from Surat stated.

One other medical pupil steered that the federal government consider using outdoors medical doctors in government-run hospitals, that are affiliated to medical schools, till the brand new PG batch arrives.