Pune: No Effect Of Strike at Sassoon Hospital, Dean Of Hospital Performs Surgeries
Pune, 15th March 2023: All the government and semi-government employees, along with the health workers in the state, are currently on strike. For the convenience of the patients, the dean of Sassoon Hospital in Pune is now performing the surgery himself.
Due to the strike of government employees, like hospitals across the state, the services at Sassoon Hospital in Pune have also been strained. In Sassoon Hospital, 99 per cent of nurses participated in the strike. Hence, now Dean Dr Sanjeev Thakur himself is doing surgeries.
Yesterday (14th March), 39 minor and 13 major surgeries were performed in Sassoon Hospital. Government employees are on strike today as well, demanding the implementation of the old pension scheme. Today is the second day of the strike by hundreds of officials and employees of government departments. Employees of Sassoon Hospital in Pune are also participating in the strike.
Regarding the strike, Dr Thakur said yesterday they had a video conference with the commissioner, and in this, he gave some instructions. Employees of class three and class four should be told the instructions of the government at their level. Accordingly, the instructions have been delivered to these employees.
“It has been appealed that we are in patient care, and if we join the work, we will be able to provide patient care to the poor people and they will not suffer. Today, 65 per cent of class four and class five employees are responding to that call and have joined work,” Dr Thakur said.
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