Srinagar:
Haniefa, a patient, requires an urgent blood transfusion. But junior doctors in Srinagar and Jammu government hospitals, who form a bulk of the medical force, are on strike demanding a wage hike.
Haniefa has no idea how long and painful her wait will be.
"I need blood transfusion. Now there is no one to give me a transfusion," says Haniefa.
"Rich people have options. They can go to private hospitals. It's the poor who are in a tight spot," says Mohammad Aslam, a local resident.
With 2,500 junior doctors on strike, government hospitals are left to be manned by the 100-odd senior doctors.
The result is that about 900 surgeries have been cancelled in Srinagar Medical College alone.
"We have done what we could do. Now it's the government which is not doing anything. We have done our part. The ball lies in their court. So they have to decide," says Doctor Mohammad Safi, spokesperson, Doctors' Joint Action Committee.
The deadlock has already lasted two weeks. Till it breaks, Haniefa and hundreds like her will just have to wait.
Haniefa has no idea how long and painful her wait will be.
"I need blood transfusion. Now there is no one to give me a transfusion," says Haniefa.
"Rich people have options. They can go to private hospitals. It's the poor who are in a tight spot," says Mohammad Aslam, a local resident.
With 2,500 junior doctors on strike, government hospitals are left to be manned by the 100-odd senior doctors.
The result is that about 900 surgeries have been cancelled in Srinagar Medical College alone.
"We have done what we could do. Now it's the government which is not doing anything. We have done our part. The ball lies in their court. So they have to decide," says Doctor Mohammad Safi, spokesperson, Doctors' Joint Action Committee.
The deadlock has already lasted two weeks. Till it breaks, Haniefa and hundreds like her will just have to wait.
