Varanasi: Despite fervent appeal of the
Supreme Court to doctors to resume their duties, resident doctors at SSL hospital of Banaras Hindu University continued their
strike for the seventh consecutive day on Tuesday.
They had commenced their strike in protest against the heinous rape and brutal killing of a woman doctor in Kolkata. Senior doctors offered services in the OPDs.
According to data provided by BHU hospital, 2,395 patients were registered in OPD on Tuesday and 66 patients were admitted to the hospital, while 24 patients were discharged.
Furthermore, 120 patients were treated in the emergency OPD in last 24 hours.
The hospital recorded 34 surgical operations, 118 radiological investigations, and 4,801 CCI investigations
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