Nashik administration warns private doctors they could face prosecution

A day after the Doctors’ Association in Nashik stated its members wouldn’t deal with COVID-19 circumstances citing “public pressure” and “mental and physical fatigue”, District Collector Suraj Mandhare on Wednesday sternly warned that the administration could prosecute doctors, ought to they take any unconstitutional step.

Around 200 private doctors within the Doctors’ Association had written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray stating that on account of mounting public strain, they could not address duty for treating COVID-19 sufferers any extra, and requested to be allowed to take care of non-COVID-19 sufferers as an alternative.

The Association, in its letter, had stated that as circumstances had been steadily coming down in Nashik, authorities medical services had been greater than able to dealing with the decreased case load, and that they had been keen to supply their companies within the occasion of a resurgence of the pandemic.

However, the Nashik district administration, together with the Nashik Municipal Corporation, has criticised the Doctors’ Association for writing on to the Chief Minister with its request.

“This [private doctors not wanting to treat COVID-19 patients] is not a correct stance adopted by these doctors. As per government regulations, 80% of the beds have been requisitioned for treatment of COVID-19 patients. If doctors in private hospitals are facing problems or have concerns in terms of facing pressure for kin of patients, then they can convey the same to us. The Mayor and I have all the necessary powers for an inquiry should a serious situation arise. But, the Association cannot take such an improper step as turning away patients,” Mr. Mandhare stated.

He stated that he had contacted the private Doctors’ Association and advised them clearly stated that their said place of not admitting COVID-19 sufferers was not proper and that they could face motion if sufferers had been despatched away. The Association had stated that they wouldn’t be admitting sufferers from June 2 onwards.

Likewise, Nashik Mayor Satish Kulkarni additional warned that strict motion could be taken in opposition to these hospitals discovered responsible of overcharging sufferers.

From greater than 35,000 energetic circumstances at first of April, the energetic case tally within the district, which had been reporting a every day common surge of two,500-3,000 circumstances, has now declined to a little bit over 8,000 circumstances. The district has reported almost 4,800 deaths because the starting of the pandemic final 12 months.