Lucknow’s top hospitals see 50% of doctors on summer leave; officials assure no major impact on patient care | Representational Image
Lucknow: Starting Thursday, 50% of doctors in Lucknow’s top government medical institutions have gone on summer vacation, a two-month leave now officially approved after a brief suspension due to Indo-Pak tension.
Roasters have been issued at KGMU, SGPGI, RMLIMS, and Kalyan Singh Cancer Institute, which together manage over 16,000 OPD cases daily. Each has capped leave at 50% of faculty per department. Officials claim patient care won’t be affected.
At KGMU, with 616 doctors and the highest footfall, faculty heads stress emergency care will run unhindered. SGPGI and RMLIMS echo similar confidence. However, at the cancer super-specialty institute, delays in critical treatment are a concern, especially with only 30 of 121 posts filled.
The central ministry, citing calm in border tensions, recently withdrew its no-leave advisory. While the institutions assure arrangements are “routine,” patients and their families may face longer queues and reduced specialist access
