MKCG students strike in second day, patients decry for treatment

Berhampur: Treatment services for the patients have been affected as students of MKCG Medical College in the city are on strike from Friday to express solidarity with the students of VSS Medical College of Burla, who are sat on a dharna in front of the state Secretariat demanding fulfillment of their four point charter of demands.

After the Burla incident, MKCG Students wore black badges from September 9 as mark of the protest against alleged misbehavior of the local people against the medical students and house surgeons of Burla Medical College. Condemning the Government’s apathy on their demand they had threatened to go for a strike where they will not join on their duty from Friday in front of the Medical College.

The PG doctors, house surgeons, under graduate students of MKCG Medical College joined in the strike to strengthen the demand of the VSS medical students. The agitators requested at the Chief Minister to give attention towards their demand for the peaceful solution of their demand, otherwise they will go for indefinite strike.

While PG doctors and house surgeons strike left the patients in dismal. Only 23 doctors are engaged in treatment of the patients in the place of 48. Most of the seats were vacant. Patients are preferring private hospitals which are very expensive for the poor.

It may be noted that the VSS Medical College in Burla was shut down indefinitely after a conflict between agitating students and Burla residents on September 7. Students of the medical college had been on strike since Monday in protest against the attack on PG students of VSS Medical College.