This story is from July 4, 2020

Health dept rejects weekly offs request by NCH doctors

Health dept rejects weekly offs request by NCH doctors
Doctors said relentless work has left them mentally sapped
Surat: Over 100 residents doctors New Civil Hospital (NCH) on Friday demanded weekly offs and duty schedules similar to their counterparts in Ahmedabad, but their request was promptly turned down by principal secretary (health) Jayanti Ravi on Friday.
Ravi, who has been camping in the city since Tuesday due to spike in Covid-19 cases, instructed them to continue working as per current arrangement.

The doctors also demanded that after 10 days of Covid duty they be given five days leave followed by 10 days of non-Covid duty. They informed Ravi that they have not got a single day's leave for the last three months.
“All resident doctors have been working relentlessly for the last three months. This has taken a toll on their physical and mental health,” said one of the resident doctors. “We just went to demand for what the Ahmedabad residents doctors were getting.”
“How can there be two different rules for doctors in different cities of the same state. If our demands are not met, we will protest,” said another resident doctor.
NCH in-charge superintendent Dr Priti Kapadia said, “We have been making some changes in duties of the residents doctors on rotation. But no one is being allowed to take off in the current situation.”
Ravi has been camping in the city since Tuesday as Covid-19 cases are on rise in the City.
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