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Mumbai: No surgical procedures after 4 pm at St George’s due to staff crunch
Updated On: 10 August, 2024 07:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar
Due to limited manpower, radiology dept shuts by then; critical patients sent to JJ hospital

Saint George’s Hospital, which was founded in 1677 and is part of the Sir JJ Group of Hospitals. File pic/Ashish Raje
In the aftermath of the death of a Class IV employee at St George’s Hospital and the suspension of three doctors, resident doctors who were posted there until recently stated that there is a shortage of technical staff in the hospital's radiology department after 4 pm, resulting in critical patients sometimes being sent to JJ Hospital for further treatment.
Dr Swapnil Bhagat, a general surgery resident who was posted at St George’s Hospital and now works at JJ Hospital, said, “Emergency patients are sent to JJ Hospital because the radiology department shuts by 4 pm. Doctors from the JJ’s radiology department also work at St George, but due to limited manpower, the department closes for scans very early."
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