Jharkhand government doctors on Tuesday boycotted the biometric attendance system, terming it "not feasible" for emergency services.

The doctors claimed that they reached their places of work – hospitals and health centres – on time but skipped the biometric attendance as a mark of protest, instead, they used an offline mode of attendance.

The decision to boycott the biometric attendance system was taken during a joint meeting of the Jharkhand unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Jharkhand Health Service Association (JHSA) on August 11 following a government order that says the system would be applicable to all government employees, an IMA official said.
JHSA state secretary Mrityunjay Thakur Singh said that the letter did not mention about emergency services.
A Ranchi Sadar Hospital surgeon Dr Ajit Kumar said that emergency services should be excluded from the order, as it would cause trouble to the patient.

“I am a surgeon. I cannot leave a patient in the operation theatre midway through the operation if my duty is over. I have to perform it even if it takes two or three hours," he said.
( Information published courtesy PTI and news18.com)

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