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PESHAWAR: The doctors on Saturday observed complete strike in three tertiary care hospitals of the provincial capital against the kidnapping of neurosurgeon Dr Abdul Aziz from Swabi district and threatened to extend their strike to all over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa if he was not recovered within a week.
The Provincial Doctors Association (PDA) had given the call for the strike against kidnapping of Dr Abdul Aziz.
Dr Abdul Aziz, assistant professor at the Neurosurgery Department, Ayub Medical College (AMC) in Abbottabad, was kidnapped on October 24 in Swabi.
The protesting doctors suspended healthcare services at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) and Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC). Except emergency, the doctors stopped provision of healthcare services in the three hospitals.
The patients from far-flung areas and those already admitted to these hospitals for surgeries badly suffered due to the strike.
“I had admitted my wife in surgical ward of the Lady Reading Hospital on Friday. She was supposed to be operated upon on Saturday but the surgery could not be done due to the strike of the doctors. Now they have decided to do it on Tuesday,” complained one Tahir Khan.
He said his entire family would remain under stress till the surgery is done. Besides him, the doctors’ strike caused hardships to several other patients and their attendants.
On the other hand, the doctors said they did not want their strike to cause hardships to the poor patients but were left with no other option.
The doctors also took out processions from the three teaching hospitals and chanted slogans against the government and provincial police for their failure to provide protection to the doctors.
Addressing a gathering of the protesting doctors at the LRH, PDA President Dr Abdul Qadir said that despite promises made with them in the past the provincial government could neither provide protection to the doctors nor give them service structure.
He said the doctors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been risking their lives and that of their family members to deliver healthcare services in extremely hostile environment.
“It is the responsibility of the government to protect us and our family members. Doctors are frequently being kidnapped and threatened. How will the doctors concentrate on their job when they are worried about their security,” the PDA president said.
Dr Abdul Qadir said that after the 18th Amendment health became a provincial subject but the provincial government had failed in formulating a health policy thereby adding to the woes of the doctors.
He said the doctors have also been struggling for their proper service structure, accommodation and promotion but the government was least interested in resolving these issues.
The Provincial Doctors Association (PDA) had given the call for the strike against kidnapping of Dr Abdul Aziz.
Dr Abdul Aziz, assistant professor at the Neurosurgery Department, Ayub Medical College (AMC) in Abbottabad, was kidnapped on October 24 in Swabi.
The protesting doctors suspended healthcare services at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) and Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC). Except emergency, the doctors stopped provision of healthcare services in the three hospitals.
The patients from far-flung areas and those already admitted to these hospitals for surgeries badly suffered due to the strike.
“I had admitted my wife in surgical ward of the Lady Reading Hospital on Friday. She was supposed to be operated upon on Saturday but the surgery could not be done due to the strike of the doctors. Now they have decided to do it on Tuesday,” complained one Tahir Khan.
He said his entire family would remain under stress till the surgery is done. Besides him, the doctors’ strike caused hardships to several other patients and their attendants.
On the other hand, the doctors said they did not want their strike to cause hardships to the poor patients but were left with no other option.
The doctors also took out processions from the three teaching hospitals and chanted slogans against the government and provincial police for their failure to provide protection to the doctors.
Addressing a gathering of the protesting doctors at the LRH, PDA President Dr Abdul Qadir said that despite promises made with them in the past the provincial government could neither provide protection to the doctors nor give them service structure.
He said the doctors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been risking their lives and that of their family members to deliver healthcare services in extremely hostile environment.
“It is the responsibility of the government to protect us and our family members. Doctors are frequently being kidnapped and threatened. How will the doctors concentrate on their job when they are worried about their security,” the PDA president said.
Dr Abdul Qadir said that after the 18th Amendment health became a provincial subject but the provincial government had failed in formulating a health policy thereby adding to the woes of the doctors.
He said the doctors have also been struggling for their proper service structure, accommodation and promotion but the government was least interested in resolving these issues.
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