The New Indian Express ·
PMR doctors in Odisha on mass leave at SVNIRTAR, patients suffer
CUTTACK: Divyang patients from Odisha and outside the state have been left in the lurch at the Swami Vivekananda National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research (SVNIRTAR) at Olatpur as patient care in its Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) department remained affected for the second consecutive day on Wednesday due to an indefinite mass leave by the doctors.
The disruption particularly affected patients admitted to the 200-bed hospital and those whose dates for surgery had already been fixed. Many patients and their attendants, who had travelled long distances for treatment, were forced to wait as the hospital struggled to maintain services.
With all nine permanent PMR doctors on leave since Tuesday, PG students have been attending to patients at the outdoor department. Though the SVNIRTAR authorities have deployed PG students to minimise the impact, patients, parents and guardians expressed dissatisfaction over the arrangement.