Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Nov 8: The protest undertaken by junior doctors since some days, alleging assault on doctors of Minto Eye Hospital, Bengaluru, has grown into a major issue. The junior doctors, who are unrelenting, have intensified their stir. As a result, outpatient departments (OPD) of private hospitals in the city would not be functioning on Friday November 8.
President of Mangaluru branch of Indian Medical Association, Dr Annaiah Kulal, and his Udupi branch counterpart, Dr Umesh Prabhu, said that they condemn the attack on doctors. "To condemn the attack, it has been decided to suspend the functioning of OPDs of private hospitals on Friday. Doctors will be providing emergency services duly wearing back bands," they stated.
Medical superintendent of district Wenlock Hospital Mangaluru, Rajeshwari Devi, and Udupi district hospital district surgeon, Dr Madhusudan Nayak, said that in-patient and out patient services of these hospitals will be provided normally.
Sources said that OPD service at KMC Hospital Manipal would be available as usual.