The doctors of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) went on a strike after an altercation with a patient’s family, who were blaming the hospital for the death of their 16-year-old daughter, Simran.
The girl arrived at JPMC on October 19 in a critical condition. The family, according to the doctors, manhandled the employees and misbehaved with them, forcing them to demonstrate outside the director’s office and shutting down the out-patients department.
Pakistan Medical Association leader Dr Qaiser Sajjad called for proper action to prevent such incidents in the future. However, JPMC joint director Dr Seemi Jamali was against the doctors’ decision to protest.
She claimed that such reactions from family members are a part of the medical profession and the incident, although unfortunate, was blown out of proportion by the doctors.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 23rd, 2013.
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