The Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) has given a call for a complete withdrawal from all the health services from 8AM, 29th December across the country.
This is being called for in protest of female doctors being brutally thrashed by male police personnel during a peaceful protest.
A lot of resident doctors are protesting against the delay in NEET-PG counselling 2021. The protests are being held on a large scale in the capital New Delhi. Around 300 doctors marched till Sarojini Nagar Police station where several resident doctors were detained. The doctors mentioned that while they were peacefully marching in the morning, they were manhandled by the police.
The Federation of All India Medical Association has demanded a suspension of all the police personnel who were involved in the said incident.
All the medical bodies across the country have condemned this act regarding this as a “black day” in medical fraternity.
FORDA(Federation of Resident doctors Association India) announced that all the health institutions would remain shut .AIIMS Resident Doctors Association (AIIMS RDA) also demanded that the detained doctors should be released and the police should apologise over this behaviour.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) had written a letter earlier to the Prime minister to resolve the NEET PG counselling issue soon.
