AHMEDABAD: After calling for a strike from Monday, the Junior Doctors’ Association (JDA) at BJ Medical College (BJMC) and Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, put their demands before the college and hospital authorities on Saturday.
Faced with repeated delays and postponement of National Eligibility Entrance Test postgraduate (NEET PG) counselling 2021, the association said it will withdraw from outpatient department (OPD) services from Monday if the counselling process is not fast-tracked.
The association has demanded that resident doctors, who are in their second year now, be provided with medical officers (MO) to assist them till the new batch joins. They have also demanded the implementation of the ‘bond plus SR’ scheme for batches from 2018.
“The bond policy must be revised for students who have completed MBBS, PG and/or super-specialty from the state of Gujarat. The lower degree bond must be dissolved into the higher degree bond of that candidate,” according to their representation.
As a result, only higher degree bond remains to be served, it further stated.
“There is wastage of time, knowledge and money and resources if a specialist is made to work like simple MBBS MO or super-specialist is made to work like specialist. For example, if candidate has done MBBS and MD both from Gujarat then the government should impose bond of MD degree only,” the JDA has demanded.
The bond posting must be according to the branch only and PG candidates must not be forced to work as MBBS MO, said a JDA member.
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