Jamshedpur, Feb. 3 -- At least 26 junior doctors out of 65 in Jamshedpur-based Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Hospital (MGMMCH) have resigned in past two months allegedly after a new stricter duty code was implemented in the hospital, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

"The highest number of six doctors have resigned from the surgery department while five each have resigned from the anaesthesia, medicine and ophthalmology departments. Now, 39 junior doctors are left in MGMMCH. The number of patients is constantly rising and the hospital needs more and more doctors to deliver better treatment and medical services," a senior doctor said, not willing to be quoted.

A MGMMCH staff alleged the resignations came after th...