Radiographers at GMC threaten to strike work from tomorrow

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 4

The Radiographers Association at the Department of Radiology, Government Medical College, has threatened to strike work from January 6 in protest against the chargesheet issued to two radiographers.

The radiographers; Amritpal Singh and Jagroop Singh have been chargesheeted for an incident that took place on November 5, in which a costly MRI machine was damaged after its magnets pulled an oxygen cylinder into it.

The incident occurred when a patient who was brought to the department for MRI was taken inside the room without removing the metallic cylinder. After the accident, the machine had become defunct and the services were unavailable for a few weeks.

The sources at the college stated that an amount of approximately Rs 17 lakh was spent on the repair of the machine.

Punjab State Health Department Radiographers Association convener Sandeep Singh Sidhu said while the radiographers were made scapegoats, the doctors who were responsible for the negligence have been given a clean chit.

In a press conference here today, he said they would strike work at the department from January 6. He added that if the department failed to revoke the chargesheet, the radiographers across the state would join the protest from January 11.