Cuttack, Jul 17: Around 250 House Surgeons working in the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack on Wednesday staged an indefinite cease work protest at the hospital premises here, demanding action against the nursing staff who allegedly ill-treated them.

House Surgeons will boycott the general duties in outdoor, ward and OT. However, they will provide emergency services in the State-run hospital, sources said.

According to sources, the confrontation between the House Surgeons and nursing staff began on Monday night over an argument between a doctor and a nursing officer while attending to a patient in the hospital’s medicine department.

Soon, other doctors and nurses joined the melee, and what appeared to be a minor issue initially, was blown out of proportion on Tuesday morning when reports of the incident appeared in various local newspapers.

Claiming that the nursing staff were spreading lies and damaging the reputation of the hospital and doctors in the media, the House Surgeons protested in front of the office of the hospital superintendent. They also demanded that the nursing association should apologise and refrain from giving false statements to the media.

Opposing this move of the house surgeons, the nursing staff also staged a protest yesterday.

When the matter was further precipitated during a meeting with the hospital committee set up to resolve the imbroglio, but in vain.
Meanwhile, thousands of patients are suffering due to the face-off between nursing staff and House Surgeons at the premier hospital.

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