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At least 40 patients die amid India doctors' strike
CNN) -- More than 40 patients have died in the last five days amid an ongoing strike by doctors at public hospitals in India's Rajasthan state, CNN sister network CNN-IBN reported Sunday.
The government has suspended 40 doctors, and 390 others have been arrested for failing to perform their duties, CNN-IBN reported.
Some 10,000 doctors remained on strike. The doctors, who work at government-run hospitals that cater to the poor, are demanding higher salaries and better promotion opportunities that are on par with their counterparts in federal medical services.
But so far, the state government has not budged.
Instead, it made interim arrangements by bringing in 373 military doctors Saturday, said Dr. Lokendra Sharma of SMS Medical College in Jaipur. Another 1,000 doctors will be brought in Monday, he said.
Attempts by CNN to reach state health officials were unsuccessful.
"Patients, they are dying," said Dr. Ganpat Chandra Gupta, an anesthesiologist.
He said the government needs to negotiate with the state's government doctors.
"They are working in poor conditions," he said. "The government is deaf and dumb and blind."
Some questioned whether doctors ought to go on strike, risking death and injury for the sick.
But doctors in other Indian states sent letters of support for the peers in Rajasthan condemning the "insensitive and callous attitude" of the state government.
At least 40 patients die amid India doctors' strike - CNN.com
Source is CNN, not CCTV for those who care.
Comments from article:
vincentak: I wonder what these third-world governments do with all the dollars they gain as tax from all the outsourced jobs...Just spend billions on arms and defence purchases, maybe?
TruePeaceNYC: Human life has no value in India.
coyolxauhqu1: disgraceful.
sazmi18: Hey, you wanted to save peoples' lives and become a doctor, so why are you whining about the low pay? You still make a significantly higher income than most Indians.
askn1234: Where's the U.S. Troops & NATO! Go and bomb them because the Indian regime is killing people!
StarGene: Greed literally killing poor people. Wow
native2010: LOL....Doctor is like let him die. I aint gonna work on him until i get a raise.
kevin49: A doctor who walks away from a sick or dying patient deserves the same treatment from his own doctor.
slupdawg69: So much for that hippocratic oath thingy. Maybe they don't have such a thing in India.
hlmelsaid: Innocent people,victims.
billnancy: coming soon to america thanks to obama care
CNN) -- More than 40 patients have died in the last five days amid an ongoing strike by doctors at public hospitals in India's Rajasthan state, CNN sister network CNN-IBN reported Sunday.
The government has suspended 40 doctors, and 390 others have been arrested for failing to perform their duties, CNN-IBN reported.
Some 10,000 doctors remained on strike. The doctors, who work at government-run hospitals that cater to the poor, are demanding higher salaries and better promotion opportunities that are on par with their counterparts in federal medical services.
But so far, the state government has not budged.
Instead, it made interim arrangements by bringing in 373 military doctors Saturday, said Dr. Lokendra Sharma of SMS Medical College in Jaipur. Another 1,000 doctors will be brought in Monday, he said.
Attempts by CNN to reach state health officials were unsuccessful.
"Patients, they are dying," said Dr. Ganpat Chandra Gupta, an anesthesiologist.
He said the government needs to negotiate with the state's government doctors.
"They are working in poor conditions," he said. "The government is deaf and dumb and blind."
Some questioned whether doctors ought to go on strike, risking death and injury for the sick.
But doctors in other Indian states sent letters of support for the peers in Rajasthan condemning the "insensitive and callous attitude" of the state government.
At least 40 patients die amid India doctors' strike - CNN.com
Source is CNN, not CCTV for those who care.
Comments from article:
vincentak: I wonder what these third-world governments do with all the dollars they gain as tax from all the outsourced jobs...Just spend billions on arms and defence purchases, maybe?
TruePeaceNYC: Human life has no value in India.
coyolxauhqu1: disgraceful.
sazmi18: Hey, you wanted to save peoples' lives and become a doctor, so why are you whining about the low pay? You still make a significantly higher income than most Indians.
askn1234: Where's the U.S. Troops & NATO! Go and bomb them because the Indian regime is killing people!
StarGene: Greed literally killing poor people. Wow
native2010: LOL....Doctor is like let him die. I aint gonna work on him until i get a raise.
kevin49: A doctor who walks away from a sick or dying patient deserves the same treatment from his own doctor.
slupdawg69: So much for that hippocratic oath thingy. Maybe they don't have such a thing in India.
hlmelsaid: Innocent people,victims.
billnancy: coming soon to america thanks to obama care