Doctors & Vets

Health minister Bhanu Pratap Sahi took the decision after seeking permission from chief minister Madhu Koda, sources said. Around 600 contractual doctors have been agitating from May 26, demanding regularization of their jobs. The government had given them 48 hours to join duties or get sacked, the sources said.

Now, the Contract Doctors' Association is looking for legal options to counter the government's stand. A team of doctors consulted some senior lawyers on Thursday, while another team is planning to meet UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. Contract Doctors' Association president Vimlesh Singh said 57 doctors of the association, who were on the verge of retirement, joined their duties on Wednesday night. ``The 553 remaining contract doctors, who are still on strike, would gather at the IMA state office and stage protest march up to the Rajbhawan on Friday,'' Singh said.

Criticising the government for giving fake data regarding number of doctors rejoining service due to threat issued by the minister, Singh said contract doctors are no longer putting up the fight alone. ``We have the backing of IMA; many socio-political organisations have also come forward in our support,'' he said.

IMA state unit secretary, R C Jha, said the association would move a petition before the Jharkhand HC, challenging dismissal of the contract doctors. ``It's mentioned in the contract that government can revoke it only after serving a two-month notice,'' he said.

It is quite human that every parent wants to bring out the best in their child. However sometimes, the blinding desires of parents to see their child achieve the best can cause parents to push their child a little too hard and in the process completely shatter his psyche.

Dr Samir Parikh, Chief of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Max Healthcare, says, "Everyday, we can witness more parents taking their child's academics and other activities to a new level of competition The mass suicide cases after the board results can be relatively taken as a scenic incidence; post extreme parental pressure act. Incidents like these, as well as less extreme ones, draw attention to the problem of parents taking their child's academics and other interests much too seriously, which unknowingly makes them neglect the much needed emotional backup of rendering support and encouragement to further their child's development."

Dr Parikh says it becomes the responsibility of a parent to handle situations correctly at the time of examination. Often, what parents do is raise expectations over their kids' performance. As a result, what follows is a heightened anxiety level of the children on account of anxieties manifested by their parents.

To avoid such situations, the least a parent can do is to make sure that they show confidence in their children and try maintaining a calmer atmosphere at home while making exam time seem as any other day of the year

Addressing a seminar organised by the Patna West unit of Bihar chapter of IMA at the Bihar Chamber of Commerce auditorium here on Sunday, Kumar said fingers are being raised against the doctors and government doctors are being charged with not attending to their duties.

But it is an open secret that it is more because of the working conditions and lack of medical equipments and medicines in the hospitals.