The ongoing protest has gained further support after policemen allegedly lathi-charged the protesting resident doctors. Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) and AIIMS have also displayed support for doctors. Amid a surge in omicron cases in India, doctors have called for another strike from December 29 that includes shutting down emergency services.
“It is high time for the government to release a report on what has been done so far. If there is no adequate response from the government within 24 hours, AIIMS RDA will go ahead with a symbolic strike including closure of all non-emergency services on 29/12/21,” AIIMS doctors told the Union Health Minister. Written in the letter.
“If the authorities think they can escape by using whatever repressive means they have, they are wrong,” FAIMA said in an official statement. He has also announced a complete withdrawal from all health services across the country from 8 am in December. 29.
What are the doctors opposing?
Resident doctors are claiming that they have been overburdened and have asked the government to expedite the NEET PG counseling process. The counseling which started in October has been postponed till January. The deal is happening because the central government has implemented 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections and 27 per cent for OBC candidates in the All India Quota (AIQ) of NEET. 50 per cent seats for PG admissions and 15 per cent seats for UG admissions are allocated centrally under All India Quota.
Doctors claim they are “overburdened and tired”, have passed their exams and are still awaiting admission. The SC, however, has asked the government to reconsider the rationale for keeping Rs 8 lakh as the annual income limit for the EWS quota. If the criteria are revised, there will be a change in the number of students getting the quota.
Why did the doctor and the police clash?
The movement, led by the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Associations, has been going on for several days, and Forda also said that several of its members were “detained” when they tried to take out a protest march from the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) Was. In Supreme Court. The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), the organization leading the protest, claims that several doctors have suffered injuries due to the clashes. Several doctors were reportedly detained by the police force and taken to the police station premises. The police, however, denied the allegations of lathi-charge or the use of abusive language on their part and said, 12 protesters were detained and later released.
In a statement released later, Forda said it was “a dark day in the history of the medical fraternity”. “Resident doctors, so called ‘corona warriors’, protesting peacefully for expediting NEET PG counseling 2021, were brutally beaten up, dragged and detained by police,” it alleged. will be completely shut down,” the statement said.
In an official statement issued later, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Rohit Meena said, “Without any authorized permission” a group of resident doctors on Monday blocked the main road BSZ road between ITO and Delhi Gate and blocked the road. done. traffic for more than six hours”. He claimed in the statement, “They deliberately created nuisance on the main road and blocked both the carriageways, causing hardship and inconvenience to the commuters and the general public.”
The doctors returned the clap and the plate
Earlier, several resident doctors thronged security barricades in front of the health ministry’s office in Delhi’s Nirman Bhawan, and clapping and clapping flowers, saying they were symbolically “coming back” to being COVID warriors. It was raining The Resident Doctors’ Association Association (FORDA), which is leading the protest, said in a statement, “Since the voices of thousands of resident doctors are not being heard by the authorities, we have returned ‘tali aur thaliyan’ and ‘phool’. (flowers) that were showered on us during the previous waves of the COVID-19 pandemic”. During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, government officials showered flower petals from mid-air and asked people to come out into the open on the balconies of their homes to clap and clap for a few minutes. Doctor.
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