The death toll of children at Niloufer Hospital of Hyderabad,AP,India rose to 20 on the fifth day of the strike by junior doctors. The junior doctors have been on strike demanding that an attempt to murder case be booked against Karwan MLA Afsar Khan for his alleged highhanded behaviour. While till Wednesday night the death toll was 18 at the premier hospital, two more children died on Thursday taking the total deaths to 20.
Several parents who came to the hospital and found that the deadlock was continuing, left for private hospitals with their children fearing inadequate treatment at Niloufer. Medicos of the Osmania Medical College (OMC) formed a human chain in protest after they were prevented from taking out a rally by the police. The junior doctors protested in a novel way of “Gandhigiri” as they held placards that read, “Afsar Khan, we love you, get well soon.” At the Gandhi Hospital, medicos staged a skit, where they enacted sequence of events on December 2 when the incident involving the MIM legislator occurred.
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