Hundreds of resident doctors in Delhi on Monday exercised extensive vigil.
New Delhi:
Hundreds of resident doctors in Delhi threatened complete closure of medical services on Monday, alleging police brutality over their protest against the delay in college allotment after the NEET post-graduate examination.
The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Associations (FORDA), which has been protesting for a month now, said its 4,000 members were “detained” at the Sarojini Nagar police station while marching towards the health ministry’s offices.
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Describing it as a “dark day” for the medical world, several women doctors alleged that they were manhandled during their march during the day, culminating in an intense face-off with the police and a well in a cold December night. was monitored.
The care of patients remained affected at three major government hospitals – Safdarjung, RML and Lady Hardinge – while junior doctors said delay in NEET-PG counseling prevented an entire group from entering medical colleges, news agency PTI reported.
Alleging that they are being overworked and are “working at 66 per cent capacity”, they are demanding immediate recruitment of new doctors, which is pending for over a year as the Supreme Court seeks medical admissions. I am hearing a matter related to reservation. ,
FORDA President Manish Nigam said on Monday a large number of resident doctors of major hospitals “returned their aprons (lab coats) in a symbolic gesture of rejection of services”.
“We also tried to march from the premises of Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) to the Supreme Court, but as soon as we started it, the security personnel did not allow us to proceed,” he said, adding some juniors The doctors said. Those who used force were injured in a clash with the policemen.
However, police denied any allegations of excessive use of force or hate speech and said only 12 protesters were detained and later released.
He said that for six to eight hours the protesters blocked a part of the main ITO road in Delhi. He was repeatedly requested to leave the spot, but he continued to block the road. Later, the protesters also blocked both the routes of ITO road, according to the police.
“We spoke to the members of the association and tried to resolve the matter, but they continued to block the roads,” said a police officer.
According to the police, when the protesters were being removed from the streets, they tried to tear the uniforms of the policemen. They also broke the windows of police vehicles and misbehaved with the policemen.
The Resident Doctors’ Association said on Saturday that its members would be forced to “mass resignation” from services if their demands were not met at the earliest.
Scores of them also lit ‘diyas’ and broke utensils to register their protest – a mockery of gestures taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to honor frontline and healthcare workers.
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