Health Minister Harsh Vardhan writes to CMs of all states, calls for strict action against those who attack doctors
India | Jun 15, 2019, 06:13 PM ISTHe also wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday in this matter.
He also wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday in this matter.
After her visit to the state-run SSKM Hospital on Thursday, Mamata Banerjee had alleged some outsiders had entered the medical colleges to create disturbances. She had also dubbed the agitation as a handiwork of the CPI(M) and the BJP.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday invited them again to meet her on Saturday evening to end the impasse in government hospitals. The doctors, who struck work for the fourth day Friday, refused to meet the chief minister, demanding an unconditional apology from her.
In Jaipur, doctors at Jaipuria hospital carry out their duties wearing black bands.
Doctors are protesting after two of their colleagues were attacked and seriously injured at the NRS Medical College and Hospital by a mob following the death of a patient. West Bengal CM alleged that opposition BJP and CPI(M) were instigating the protesters as part of a "conspiracy".
The TMC and the BJP are locked in a bitter turf war in West Bengal, which has been rocked by post-poll violence, with Banerjee accusing the saffron party of trying to foment trouble in the state to topple her government. The BJP has claimed that Banerjee is targeting it as she is rattled by its major gains in Lok Sabha elections.
Striking junior doctors in West Bengal on Thursday defied Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 2 pm-deadline to join work and said the agitation will continue till their demands related to their security in government hospitals are met.
"Neither he nor his family could tell how did the nails end up in his stomach," said doctors.
Explaining the reasons for the shortage, an official said many doctors, after completing their MBBS, opt for further studies or prefer joining the private healthcare sector due to its higher pay scale.
"In fact, many hospitals have turned into commercial centres,” said Rajat Sharma.
He said there was a need to increase the number of doctors available at healthcare centres in rural areas as the absence of qualified medical practitioners was making people approach quacks.
The cheating racket had been going on for the past four years and had helped over 600 university students become doctors through fake answer sheets.
The family members of the child who failed to separate the cooker from her head, rushed to a hospital for help. Doctors struggled for four hours and gave up at last as they could not remove the utensil.
The doctors claimed that the proposed legislation would “cripple” the functioning of medical professionals by making them completely answerable to the bureaucracy and non-medical administrators.
A video of the event, which shows Russian belly dancers performing on stage amidst cheering doctors, has since gone viral on social media platforms.
Union Minister Hansraj Ahir today said "these people" should join the Naxals if they don't believe in democracy, and the government will then shoot them down.
While the labs searches have declared an undisclosed income of over Rs 100 crore, the amount of referral fee in case of a single lab is more than Rs 200 crore.
Union Cabinet today decided to increase the retirement age of all doctors working under different department of the central government to 65 years.
Office bearers of the medical associations in the state informed that they have decided to be on leave till September 7, but added that emergency and post-mortem services would not be disturbed
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