In a press note issued on December 28, the RDA said the decision was taken in the larger public interest after the Chief Minister assured the association of initiating a comprehensive enquiry into the matter and revoking the termination order against the concerned doctor.
As the indefinite strike by government doctors in Himachal Pradesh continued for the second consecutive day on Sunday, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu appealed to the protesting doctors to call off the agitation, assuring them that the issue would be discussed with senior officials
Although most patients were discharged on Friday after resident doctors went on mass leave, OPD services were badly affected on Saturday. Indoor patients who continued to require treatment also faced difficulties, as a majority of doctors remained on strike.
With New Year celebrations around the corner, the district administration in Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla has stepped up preparations to manage tourist arrivals, with lakhs of visitors expected to arrive during the festive period.
The decision was taken after a joint delegation of the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) IGMC Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Medical Officers Association (HMOA), and SAMDCOT Shimla met Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at Oak Over earlier on Thursday.
The Governor was addressing a cultural and social awareness programme organised by the Youth Enlightenment Society (YES) at the historic Gaiety Theatre here.
The Himachal Pradesh government has launched an aggressive state-wide campaign to eradicate chitta (heroin) and other narcotics. Shimla district police have evolved a new preventive policing model aimed at choking drug supply chains at the street level. Under this model, the district poli
Doctors resumed work following CM's assurances, including an enquiry into Dr Raghav Narula's case and action against the mob that threatened them. Revised guidelines to strengthen doctors' security were also issued.
As resident doctors across Himachal Pradesh had announced to proceed on a day-long mass leave on Friday, the Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu assured a fresh inquiry into the patient assault controversy that led to the termination of a senior resident doctor at Indira Gandhi Medical Col
The protest comes in the wake of the December 22 incident at IGMC in which Dr Nirula was seen in a viral video involved in a physical scuffle with a patient, identified as Arjun Pawar (36), a resident of Chopal. The footage triggered widespread public outrage and put the state government
Himachal Pradesh government on Wednesday night terminated a senior resident doctor of Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla, after a viral video showed a scuffle between the doctor and a patient. The decision followed reports submitted by the IGMC administration and an internal inq
The protest comes in the wake of the December 22 incident at IGMC in which Dr Nirula was seen in a viral video involved in a physical scuffle with a patient, identified as Arjun Pawar (36), a resident of Chopal.