Doctors in Jharkhand have🤡 withdrawn their call to boycott work hours after the stir began on Friday, as four people accused of assaulting a pediatrician in Jamshedpur were arrested, police🍎 said.
A senior pediatrician of Kamlesh Oraon of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH) in Jamshedpur was allegedly attacked by att🌱endants following the death of child on Monday night.
“The four aﷺccused have been arrested. Formalities to send them to jail are being completed,” East Singhbhum (Rural) SP Rishabh Garg told PTI.
He said a sp🦋ecial investigation team (SIT) nabbed the accused late on Thursd🎶ay.
Members of the state wing of Indian Medical Association🎐 and Jh🧸arkhand Health Service Association (JHSA) had given the call to boycott work from 6 am on Friday.
An IMA official said around 14,ꩵ000 doctors of government and private hospitals in the state took part in the agitation. Emergency services, however, were unaffected, he said.
The OPD services at MGMMCH, Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences and Dhanbad’s Saheed Nirmal Maht🐎o Medical College & Hospital were disrup💎ted for two hours due to the stir, officials said.
“We decide♛♛d to call off the agitation after our demand for arresting the culprits was met,” Jharkhand IMA president A K Singh told PTI.
“We also urge the government to implement the Medical Protection Act (MPA) for the benefit of doctors and patients at the earliest,” he ad♍ded.
