Outpatient departments remained shut at government hospitals in protest at Monday night’s assault on two junior doctors at NRS Medical College and Hospital, and many doctors at private hospitals too skipped their OPDs in solidarity. But at Peerless Hospital, some doctors decided to record their protest by attending the OPD and seeing patients for free. The management of the hospital, which collects a third of the doctors’ fees, endorsed the move. “To protest against one wrong, we cannot commit another wrong,” said Sudipta Mitra, chief executive of Peerless Hospital. At Peerless Hospital, the protesting doctors told the staff at the registration counters not to accept fees from their patients before directing them to their chambers.

Source: The Telegraph June 13, 2019 01:52 UTC