MP Adya said, the present situation of the Cancer Center is to be blamed on poor operations of the Ministry of Health.

”The requirement of doctors is vital for the patients. Gundalai should resign if he cannot lead such a highly professional hospital, or the government that appointed a minister who cannot do his job should resign,” Adya told MonInfo Friday afternoon.

Doctor G. Purevdorj said, “We’re only doing the emergency operations. The remaining six doctors are outpatient doctors. MPs Lambaa and Adya have seen that it’s impossible to run operations. I hope they report to the Parliament and the issue will be solved soon.”

The Oncological Center went into a virtual shutdown on Thursday after 117 of the hospital’s 279 employees tendered their resiganations, including 58 of the 72 doctors.

Employees who gave requests to resign then protested outside the Ministry of Health demanding to meet with Minister Gundalai and have him restore the hospital’s old director who had been removed by Gundalai the previous week.

Minister Gundalai told the doctors and nurses he would meet with them on Friday, but told MonInfo Friday morning that a meeting would most likely not be held today.

“I didn’t arrange any specific time with them. They can contact me if they want, but they haven’t yet made an appointment with me,” he said.

Earlier in the week Gundalai denied responsibility for the operations the had to be stopped due to a lack of heat at the Oncological Center, the only of its kind in Mongolia.

However today hospital officials said the heating problem had been fixed and overdue operations were commencing.  

“I guess Mr. Gundalai thinks that it’s enough to have barely lukewarm heating in the operation room. But as soon as patient leaves the operation table, they have to go to an icy cold room,” Purevdorj said.

MPs Adya and Lambaa said they would report their findings to parliament which the doctors feel will have a profound impact on their situation.