Six patients admitted to the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) here died amid a strike by junior doctors which entered its second day Friday crippling medical services.
Three patients died late Thursday while three others died Friday, an official said. More than 400 junior doctors went on an indefinite strike Thursday, demanding hike in stipends.
The strike has badly hit the emergency services and dozens of surgeries have been postponed. Meanwhile, the hospital authorities have sought the help of the health department to cope with the situation. More than 50 doctors have been requisitioned from nearby hospitals.
A leader of the junior doctors' association said their demand for hike in stipend has been pending for the last couple of years now.
'We are getting stipend of Rs.13,000 in the first year, Rs.14,000 in second year followed by Rs.15,000 in third year of post-graduation. We are demanding that this amount be increased to Rs.22,500 at par with some of the neighbouring states,' he said.
Hundreds of poor patients, who came for treatment from across the state, are victims of the ongoing strike.
'We are the main victims of the strike because there is no doctor to attend to patients,' said Kumtia Devi, who came from a village in Vaishali district three days ago with her husband. Devi's husband is admitted to the hospital.
Chandeshwar Yadav, a poor farmer whose son is a patient at PMCH, said: 'No doctor, no nurse to give injection to the patients... What more can I say, we are at the mercy of god.'
The state government has asked the hospital authorities to hold a meeting with the striking junior doctors and persuade them to end the strike.link
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Friday 28 August 2009
Wednesday 10 June 2009
Maoist diktat in Bihar: Send kids to school
Marking a departure, Maoist guerrillas in Bihar have issued a new and unique diktat — they have ordered poor villagers in Vaishali district to send their children to school.
In a novel move to spread education among the marginalised sections of society, Maoists in Vaishali, about 40km from here, have asked the poor to educate their children instead of making them work. “Maoists also warned them not to engage children in farm or other work and send them to schools,” a villager in Patepur block said.
Patepur is one of the over half a dozen blocks in the district that has been issued diktat by Maoist guerrillas. The other blocks include Mahnar, Jandaha, Mahua, Lalganj and Hajipur. Maoists have pasted posters in several villages in which they have threatened to punish villagers if they failed to send their children to school. The latest Maoist diktat has surprised even district officials. “It is a positive move if Maoist rebels are really keen to force poor parents to send their children to school,” a district official said.link
In a novel move to spread education among the marginalised sections of society, Maoists in Vaishali, about 40km from here, have asked the poor to educate their children instead of making them work. “Maoists also warned them not to engage children in farm or other work and send them to schools,” a villager in Patepur block said.
Patepur is one of the over half a dozen blocks in the district that has been issued diktat by Maoist guerrillas. The other blocks include Mahnar, Jandaha, Mahua, Lalganj and Hajipur. Maoists have pasted posters in several villages in which they have threatened to punish villagers if they failed to send their children to school. The latest Maoist diktat has surprised even district officials. “It is a positive move if Maoist rebels are really keen to force poor parents to send their children to school,” a district official said.link
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Bihar Public Health Engineering Department clears drinking water projects in Bihar
Bihar Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Ashwini Kumar Chaubey on Tuesday sanctioned multi-village water supply projects in Buxar, Vaishali and Patna.
130 Arsenic-affected villages of Simri block in Buxar district, 45 villages of Bidupur block in Vaishali district and 25 villages of Maner block in Patna will benefit from the project.
Addressing a review meeting of PHED here, he said that multi village projects should be launched immediately and completed on schedule.
Chaubey, however, admitted that despite the sanctioned order to install 1.37 lakh hand pumps in the last two years, only 27,000 hand pumps had been installed till date.
The minister also directed the PHED officials to adopt rainwater harvesting on a wider scale to arrest depletion of groundwater level in the state.
Chaubey instructed superintending engineers to complete all NABARD sponsored piped drinking water schemes in the state by March 31 next year.link
130 Arsenic-affected villages of Simri block in Buxar district, 45 villages of Bidupur block in Vaishali district and 25 villages of Maner block in Patna will benefit from the project.
Addressing a review meeting of PHED here, he said that multi village projects should be launched immediately and completed on schedule.
Chaubey, however, admitted that despite the sanctioned order to install 1.37 lakh hand pumps in the last two years, only 27,000 hand pumps had been installed till date.
The minister also directed the PHED officials to adopt rainwater harvesting on a wider scale to arrest depletion of groundwater level in the state.
Chaubey instructed superintending engineers to complete all NABARD sponsored piped drinking water schemes in the state by March 31 next year.link
Tuesday 27 January 2009
Six Dalit children die of measles in Bihar
At least six malnourished Dalit children have died of measles in a Bihar village during the last 10 days. Villagers blame government apathy for the deaths.
The deaths occurred in Jitaura Musahar Tola in East Champaran district, about 250 km from here, creating panic among villagers as nearly a dozen more children are suffering from the disease.
All the victims belong to the Musahar community, known as the poorest of the poor in Bihar's socio-economic structure. The community derives its name from the practice of eating rats and they usually hunt for them in paddy fields.
District civil surgeon Dharam Deo Singh told IANS on phone that a team of doctors has been rushed to the village for treating the affected children and a medical camp would be set up to prevent an outbreak of measles.
Singh said he was informed about the spread of measles and the death of the children late due to an ongoing strike of government employees, including health officials, across the state.
Villagers are angry with the local administration's apathy that led to the death of their children.
"Our children died in the absence of medical facilities and failure of the administration to arrange treatment for them," said Prakash Manjhi, a villager.
Hasan Manjhi, another villager, alleged that the administration hardly paid any attention to their community as they were poor Dalits.
Earlier this month, four Dalit children died of measles in Saidpur village of Vaishali district, while five Dalit children of a village in Darbhanga district died of the same disease.
The deaths occurred in Jitaura Musahar Tola in East Champaran district, about 250 km from here, creating panic among villagers as nearly a dozen more children are suffering from the disease.
All the victims belong to the Musahar community, known as the poorest of the poor in Bihar's socio-economic structure. The community derives its name from the practice of eating rats and they usually hunt for them in paddy fields.
District civil surgeon Dharam Deo Singh told IANS on phone that a team of doctors has been rushed to the village for treating the affected children and a medical camp would be set up to prevent an outbreak of measles.
Singh said he was informed about the spread of measles and the death of the children late due to an ongoing strike of government employees, including health officials, across the state.
Villagers are angry with the local administration's apathy that led to the death of their children.
"Our children died in the absence of medical facilities and failure of the administration to arrange treatment for them," said Prakash Manjhi, a villager.
Hasan Manjhi, another villager, alleged that the administration hardly paid any attention to their community as they were poor Dalits.
Earlier this month, four Dalit children died of measles in Saidpur village of Vaishali district, while five Dalit children of a village in Darbhanga district died of the same disease.
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