Postgraduate medical students , dental students and house surgeons in all government medical colleges across the State went on a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, boycotting all patient-care services, including emergency services.
Services were affected in all medical college hospitals (MCHs) as the PG medicos, the main workforce in hospitals attached to the colleges, stayed away from service. Several elective surgeries got postponed and the services in operation theatres were slashed. Most surgical specialties avoided posting very major surgeries on Wednesday, according to doctors.
In many busy outpatient clinics, patients were disposed of early and asked to come on a later date. Most hospital administrations rearranged duty schedules of the faculty to ensure maximum availability of human resource.
