Police to set up permanent post at Civil Hospital

Tribune News Service

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Amritsar, July 25

The Police Department has announced to set up a permanent post at Jallianwalla Bagh Martyrs Memorial Civil Hospital to pacify the hospital staff, which has been protesting for arrest of persons accused of misbehaving with Dr Hardeep Singh Ghai.

However, various employees associations have decided to continue their protest till the accused are arrested. The associations, including PCMS Officers Association, PCMS Specialist Doctors Association, Civil Hospital Employees’ Welfare Association, staged a protest for the second consecutive day. The chairman of employees’ welfare association, Rakesh Sharma, said, “Officials have promised to set up a permanent police post by tomorrow morning.”

He said employees had decided to continue the protest till all persons were arrested. A few persons has misbehaved with senior medical officer and in charge of Civil Hospital, Dr Hardeep Singh Ghai, over the issue of getting an anti rabies vaccine yesterday. Later, the hospital staff had initiated protest demanding arrest of all accused.

It is not for the first time that such instances of misbehaviour and manhandling of doctors at government hospitals have come to light. Earlier, too, in 2013, a doctor was beaten badly and abused by relative of a person injured in a brawl. The police had set up a picket at the place, but later guards were removed. Such cases have been reported from Guru Nanak Dev Hospital too.

General secretary of the PCMS Specialist Doctors Association, Dr Sandeep Aggarwal, said, “There should be permanent posting of police personnel at the hospital especially during the night time.” The hospital staff, particularly female employees, is under a great stress due to such incidents, which occur when they are on duty.