This story is from June 15, 2019

Telangana doctors march in solidarity for Kolkata doctors

The outrage over the attack on doctors at NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and districts in West Bengal found an echo in Telangana with protests taken out at government hospitals and medical colleges in Hyderabad, Adilabad, Warangal, Mahbubnagar and Nizamabad on Friday.
Telangana doctors march in solidarity for Kolkata doctors
Members of Indian Medical Association participate in a protest against attacks on medical staff, at IMA, Koti, on Friday
HYDERABAD: The outrage over the attack on doctors at NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and districts in West Bengal found an echo in Telangana with protests taken out at government hospitals and medical colleges in Hyderabad, Adilabad, Warangal, Mahbubnagar and Nizamabad on Friday. The medical fraternity came together demanding that assault on medical professionals be made a non-bailable offence.
The protests affected out-patient services in Gandhi Hospital and NIMS badly.
“I came to Gandhi Hospital with my son, who has fever, at 10 am for consultation but in vain. I will have to come back on Saturday and I do not know if doctors will be available,” Rifath Bi of Musheerabad told TOI. With heads of departments and junior doctors participating in protests, PG doctors managed OP wards.
“The punishment should be non-bailable. The Centre should bring in legislation which is stringent and effective,” said Dr P Raghu Ram, president-elect, Association of Surgeons of India.
Junior doctors affiliated to the Telangana Junior Doctors’ Association (TJUDA) staged protests at Osmania General Hospital, Gandhi Hospital and NIMS in Hyderabad, Kakatiya Medical College in Warangal, Government Medical College in Nizamabad, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Adilabad and GMC in Mahbubnagar. Demonstrations were organised at some private medical colleges, while hundreds of private practitioners protested at the office of Indian Medical Association in Hyderabad. Doctors wore bandages—as a symbolic gesture over the attacks on doctors—and demanded that Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee resolve the demands of junior doctors.
“The attacks on doctors are due factors like corporatisation/privatisation of healthcare, lack of infrastructure, malpractices by quacks and lack of proper security,” said Dr PS Vijayender, chairman, TJUDA.
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