Bhojpur SP told to provide 24x7 security to doctors, paramedics

ARA: The doctors and paramedical staff at the Sadar hospital Ara will be provided round-the-clock security in the emergency ward. The decision to this effect was taken after the visit of local MP and Union minister of state (IC) for power and new & renewable energy R K Singh on Saturday to the Sadar hospital and the sub-divisional hospital, Jagdishpur.He was accompanied by Bhojpur DM Roshan Kushwaha and SP Rakesh Kumar Dubey.
Bhojpur DPRO in-charge Rashmi Choudhary informed the media persons that the minister asked the Bhojpur SP to ensure 24 hours police deployment in the emergency ward. He also asked him to take very strict action against those who assault the doctors or the paramedical staff. The district administration assured the minister that strict action will be taken against the troublemakers.
Later, in a meeting with the private hospital owners who are also providing Covid treatment, the Bhojpur DM assured them to provide security to the doctors and the paramedical staff in the wake of increasing incidents of assault on them by the attendants of the patients, the DPRO said.
The Union minister’s direction to the Bhojpur SP was necessitated in the wake of a ruckus and assault on the sadar hospital manager, doctors and paramedical staff after the death of a woman patient named Aarti Devi (36). The on-duty doctor, Dr. Vivekanand, told the media persons about his nightmarish experience. “The attendants were openly asking to bring the doctor for beating him. I had to run outside and hide behind a temple to save myself from their fury. How can we perform our duty fearlessly unless we get security,” he said.
Taking cognisance of the fact that there is dearth of sufficient doctors, minister Singh asked the Sadar hospital and the sub- divisional hospital Jagdishpur administration to prepare a duty roster of doctors and the paramedical staff in the emergency ward and the Covid ward. He also gave the direction to keep an extra doctor in reserve for every shift in order to take his services in case of an emergency.
Meanwhile, the Bhojpur DM has asked the officials concerned to assess the requirement of oxygen and coordinate with the Patna and Aurangabad district administration for its supply. The DM has appealed to the people to cooperate with the doctors and the paramedical staff, who are providing their services in these critical times of the Covid-19 pandemic. He also asked the people to follow the Covid appropriate behaviour.