Amid Surge In COVID-19 Cases Doctors Protest Against Shortage Of Medical Resources In Nagpur

Mumbai: Amid growing cases of COVID-19 in Maharashtra, resident doctors of the city’s Government Medical College and Hospital Nagpur protested against the government and district administration on Sunday over the lack of medical resources to treat coronavirus patients.

Speaking to ANI, Sajal Bansal, a doctor who participated in the protest, said, “This protest is being done to raise the demands and concerns of the patients. We are protesting against the government and the district administration over their lack of preparations concerning the rising cases of COVID-19 amid the second wave of the disease in the country, which includes a shortage of beds, ventilators, oxygen, Remdesivir in private hospitals which are leading to a rise in the casualties in the district. Our helplessness to help the patients has forced us to hold this protest.”

“For the past one month, the situation has been deteriorating which has forced us to stop the intake of new patients. Lack of medical resources is also hampering the delivery of healthcare to general (non-COVID) patients which is not acceptable. We are a government institution and the general public, especially marginalised groups look up to us for treatment and denying them that is unjust. We demand a permanent solution from the district administration for this crisis,” said Bansal.

“The protest is not inspired by any association, it is solely for the patients who are suffering and their caregivers,” he added.

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Protests were held in front of the Government Medical College and Medicine Casualty Ward of the hospital here yesterday. The Union Health Ministry said on Sunday that Maharashtra recorded the highest number of new cases at 55,411.

(With ANI Inputs)

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