Junior doctors boycott work at Gandhi Hospital

Junior doctors in Gandhi Hospital went on an indefinite strike on Wednesday by boycotting their services in protest against the Telangana government, for not resuming non-COVID-19 services in the hospital. 

The junior doctors had earlier issued an ultimatum to the government; however, as the Health Minister failed to acknowledge their plea, several junior doctors went on a protest. The protest will not affect the services in the hospital, as there are adequate health staff to take care of the COVID-19



patients availing healthcare in the hospital.

Gandhi Hospital, the apex tertiary hospital of Telangana, was declared as the ‘Centre of Excellence for COVID-19 Care’ earlier in March, and the state-run hospital is solely dedicated to treating COVID-19 cases. The protesting junior doctors fear that they will lose out on their academics due to lack of training in other specialisations, if the government continues to treat the hospital as a COVID-19 care facility.