Lok Sabha Question No. 1378 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-22
Subject: Strike by Doctors
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: REKHA ARUN VERMA, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1378 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 2 ND DECEMBER, 2017

## STRIKE BY DOCTORS

## 1378. SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

## SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the doctors and other medical staff working in Government hospitals have gone on strike against prescribed norms;
- (b) if so, the details and norms thereof alon g  with  the  number of such strikes reported in the hospitals under the administrative control of Government during the last three years; and
- (c) the action taken by the Government to check recurrence of such incident in future so as to avoidinconvenience to patients?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)& (b ): As  per  Rule  7  (ii)  of  the  Central  Civil  Service  (Conduct)  Rules,  1964, Government servant shall resort to or in any way abet any form of strike in connection with any matter pertaining to his service or the service of any other Government servant. However, have been reported in the last 3 years in 3 Central Hospitals in Delhi as per details give

## No. of strike by Dcotors/Nurses in Central Hospitals

## in Delhi

|   Sl No. | Name of the Hospital                                  | Date of Strike by Doctors/Resident Doctors /                       | Reasons Date of Strike Nurses / Reasons           |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Safdarjung Hospital                                   | 24.11.2016 (Violence on Resident doctors by relatives of patients) | -                                                 |
|        2 | Dr. RML Hospital                                      | 14.09.2016 (Manhandling of doctors in Emergency)                   | 02- 09.2016 and 03.09.2016 (For better Payscale)  |
|        3 | Lady Hardinge Medial College and Associated Hospitals | 21.07.2016 (Assault on Resident doctors)                           | 02- 09.2016 and 03.09.2016 (For better condition) |

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(c): The  following  measures  have  been  taken  by  the  Government/hospitals  to  check recurrence of such incidents in future:

- (i) Security has been strengthened by increasing the number of security personnel, formation of  Quick  Response  Teams  (QRTs),  installation  of  CCTV  cameras,  etc.  to  protec doctors/staffs/paitents from any incidence of manhandling;
- (ii) Training in soft skills for handling patients in critical and emergency situations;
- (iii) Circulars  are  issued  from  time  to  time  by  the  hospital  authorities  sensitizi doctors/staffs  to  refrain  from  any  such  activity  which  would  disrupt  the  patien service in these hospitals; and
- (iv) For better service conditions, service matters of doctor s/nurses/staffs are taken up from time to time by the administration as per rules and procedures.