2 more doctors resign at Bathinda Civil Hospital

Bathinda, May 7

After two doctors resigned at the Civil Hospital, Bathinda, within a span of four days, two more doctors — an eye specialist and an MD (medicine) — have also quit, putting additional burden on the existing staff amid a raging second wave of Covid.

With doctors quitting their jobs in quick succession amid crisis, the district Health Department, which was already grappling with staff shortage, is on tenterhooks now.

A retired department official said while doctors resigning from their jobs had been citing “personal reasons” amid talks of being overworked and stressed, there were stern possibilities that they wanted to earn extra bucks in private sectors.

Dr Maninder Pal Singh, Senior Medical Officer, Civil Hospital, Bathinda, said, “Four doctors have tendered their resignation of which one will be serving her three-month notice period. We have shifted a doctor from Talwandi Sabo in place of doctors who have resigned. It is unfortunate that doctors are quitting their jobs when their services are required the most.” — TNS