Resident doctors in Delhi to continue protest against delays in NEET PG counselling
Delhi: Resident doctors of major government hospitals in Delhi who have been on a protest in the national capital against delays in holding NEET-PG counselling said that they will continue their agitation until their demands are met.
"We've decided to continue our protest from Safdarjung Hospital until our demands are met. As night curfew has been imposed in the city, we returned to Safdarjung and will continue our protest from there," said Dr. Kul Saurabh Kaushik, General Secretary of Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) on Tuesday.
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Delhi Police has claimed that a total of seven of its personnel were injured during the protest of resident doctors near ITO.
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"An FIR has been registered under Section 188 and other sections for causing obstruction in the duty of police personnel, and damaging public property during the protest," the police said.
"There will be a complete shutdown of all healthcare institutions from Tuesday onwards. We strongly condemn this brutality and demand immediate release of FORDA Representatives and Resident doctors," according to the statement issued on Monday.
"We were protesting against the delay in NEET 2021 counselling when Delhi Police detained several resident doctors who were marching to the Supreme Court," said a protester.
The resident doctors also held a protest march near Safdarjung Hospital on Monday evening.
On December 24, Indian Medical Association (IMA) wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve the NEET-PG counselling crisis and augment manpower to face a possible third wave of Covid-19 infections.
- PTC News
