Strike at Mitford Hospital

The third and fourth class employees of the capital’s Mitford Hospital went on a work stoppage on Wednesday that seriously hampered the medical services  in it for some hours.
Reportedly these groups of employees called their programme to press their five-point demands including the housing problem. The hospital authorities acknowledged that the employees’ grievances are genuine and were trying to solve the problem.
But even if the third and fourth class employees are not health professionals per se, since they work in a hospital they are directly engaged in interactions with patients and their participation in the hospital’s activities  is indispensable. That is why it is not acceptable that they would go for work stoppages arbitrarily and  irresponsibly.
A public  hospital like Mitford Hospital is the only option for very poor and marginalised people who simply cannot afford alternative but much costlier private treatment. Robbing them of  the opportunity for regular treatment is sheer inhumanity. The relevant ministry must drive this point home in the minds of the striking hospital staff underlining that they must go for other ways of drawing attention to their grievances without going on strike.
But the fact of the matter is it is not only these groups of employees, even the doctors and nurses also sometimes go for programmes  leading to abstaining from their duties and showing total disregard to the noble calling of their profession..
We urge the people involved in  the health and medical sector that they should always act morally so that they can remain true to their profession. The third and fourth class employees do not take the Hippocratic oath like the physicians, but as they are part of the public  health service system dealing with poor and helpless people, they also have a  station in life and  are expected to act morally.
As far as the present case of the Mitford Hospital is concerned, it is well advised that both the striking people and hospital authorities must solve the problem soon so that proper and regular dispensation of  services to the patients is not hampered  in any way.   

Strike at Mitford Hospital

The third and fourth class employees of the capitals Mitford Hospital went on a work stoppage on Wednesday that seriously hampered the medical services in it for some hours. Reportedly these groups of employees called their programme to press their five-point demands including the housing problem. The hospital authorities acknowledged that the employees grievances are genuine and were trying to solve the problem. But even if the third and fourth class employees are not health professionals per se, since they work in a hospital they are directly engaged in interactions with patients and their participation in the hospitals activities is indispensable. That is why it is not acceptable that they would go for work stoppages arbitrarily and irresponsibly. A public hospital like Mitford Hospital is the only option for very poor and marginalised people who simply cannot afford alternative but much costlier private treatment. Robbing them of the opportunity for regular treatment is sheer inhumanity. The relevant ministry must drive this point home in the minds of the striking hospital staff underlining that they must go for other ways of drawing attention to their grievances without going on strike. But the fact of the matter is it is not only these groups of employees, even the doctors and nurses also sometimes go for programmes leading to abstaining from their duties and showing total disregard to the noble calling of their profession.. We urge the people involved in the health and medical sector that they should always act morally so that they can remain true to their profession. The third and fourth class employees do not take the Hippocratic oath like the physicians, but as they are part of the public health service system dealing with poor and helpless people, they also have a station in life and are expected to act morally. As far as the present case of the Mitford Hospital is concerned, it is well advised that both the striking people and hospital authorities must solve the problem soon so that proper and regular dispensation of services to the patients is not hampered in any way.