The administration of Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) on Saturday announced to allot hostel rooms to lady doctors and female nurses amid protests over its decision to force other young male doctors to vacate hostels for women trainee medical officers (TMOs).
The LRH administration said that rooms would be allotted following the existing policy of room allotment in hostels. The decision to this effect was taken after considering the accommodation problems of female trainee doctors and nurses working in the hospital.
On the other hand, young doctors have protested the “discriminatory” treatment, claiming that non-doctors and managers have been occupying the hostel rooms without having to pay any rent, whereas the doctors who are being called in for emergency services at any hour with more than Rs20,000 as rent are being served an eviction notice.
The doctors have alleged that the hospital management was using such tactics to hide its incompetence. They said they were staging a peaceful protest at the moment but would resort to a complete boycott of the hospital after Muharram.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 7th, 2022.
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