‘Not Enough Beds, No Planning:’ Mumbai’s Resident Docs Speak Out
The QuintDr Preeti tells me that in her hospital, in a 30 bedded Covid ICU, there are only 3 resident doctors in one shift, “that means 1 doctor has to manage 10 critical cases, most on ventilators and oxygen support.” Dr Harshil says that in Cooper Hospital, which is a government hospital, there are about 2 doctors per 90 patients. “We're doing 24 hour duties here as again we don’t have enough doctors on shift,” says a resident doctor who wishes to remain anonymous. We can try and get more beds, more ventilators, but how will we get more man-power?” On Monday, 5 April, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors had written to the Directorate of Medical Education and Research with a list of demands like roping in AYUSH doctors to man periphery wards and recruiting more medical officers. “There hasn’t been adequate recruitment of doctors for covid ward because the government has simply not provided any lucrative incentive for it,” says Dr Rahul
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