New Delhi: Hospital services are almost back to normal in the capital.
Three weeks of sloganeering kept the doctors away from the wards and patients. So when Dr Vamsi K Y, a senior resident at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences walked into the OPD wearing his lab coat and the stethoscope, he had an unusual feeling.
"Going back to wards again and facing the patients, we all are used to that environment. And our routine was totally disrupted during these 18 days. So going back again one day all of a sudden will take some time to adapt to the environment and getting back into that mould. I should say it’s going to stay in place and we would again be working," says Dr Vamsi.
Withdrawal symptoms are so strong that Dr Arnab Pal, another senior resident decided to at least wear a black badge.
"For the patients’ sake and for the nation’s sake we have joined our duties but our agitation for the cause remains, and we are here for the cause," says the doctor.
It might have been difficult for doctors but for the patients it was a day of relief.
20-year-old Anita from Nepal spent 20 days waiting for doctors to be treated. Her wait finally came to an end on Thursday.
"We came to get her checkup done today. We were very tensed for so many days. We are really relieved that she got her checkup done," says Radha, the mother of the patient.
Though a water sprinkler has replaced the tents and the loudspeakers at the central lawn at AIIMS, but with the resident doctors it seems the intent to carry on the fight has not watered down.
The hospital services are certainly back to normal, but the resident doctors say that they are even more determined and resolved to face the government during the monsoon session in New Delhi.
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