New Delhi: Doctors stage a protest outdoors Maulana Azad Medical College over postponement of National Eligibility Entrance Test postgraduate (NEET PG) counselling 2021
Protest by a big quantity of resident docs in Delhi over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling on Monday took a dramatic flip, as medics and police personnel confronted off within the streets, with either side claiming a number of individuals suffered an damage within the ensuing melee. The stir, led by the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association, has been occurring for a number of days, and FORDA additionally mentioned that a number of of its members had been “detained” once they tried to carry a protest march from Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) to Supreme Court.
FORDA president Manish claimed that resident docs of a big quantity of main hospitals on Monday “returned their apron (lab coat) in a symbolic gesture of rejection of services”.
“We also tried to march from the campus of the Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) to Supreme Court, but soon after we had started it, security personnel did not allow us to proceed,” he mentioned.
Manish additionally alleged that a number of docs had been “detained” by the police pressure, and brought to police station premises, earlier than being launched after a while. He additionally alleged that “police force was used and many doctors were injured” throughout their dramatic face-off.
However, police denied allegations of lathicharge or use of abusive language from their finish and mentioned 12 protestors had been detained and launched later.
The police additionally mentioned that seven cops had been injured within the march close to ITO and consequently registered an FIR below part 188 and different sections for inflicting obstruction within the obligation of police personnel, and damaging public property.
In an announcement issued later, FORDA mentioned it was a “black day in the history of the medical fraternity”.
“Resident doctors, the so-called ‘Corona Warriors’, protesting peacefully to expedite NEET PG Counselling 2021 were brutally thrashed, dragged and detained by the police,” it alleged.
“There will be a complete shutdown of all, healthcare institutions from today onwards,” the assertion mentioned.
In an official assertion issued later, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Rohit Meena mentioned, on Monday, a bunch of resident docs “without having any authorised permission” blocked the BSZ Marg, the principle highway between ITO and Delhi gate, and jammed the site visitors for greater than six hours”.
“They deliberately created nuisance on the main road and blocked both carriageways, causing hardship and harassment to commuters and the general public,” he claimed within the assertion.
Subsequently, they had been “addressed by DG Health” who gave them the reassurance of fulfilling their calls for, the senior police officer was quoted as saying within the assertion.
However, they grew to become “aggressive and even after pacifying them, they blocked the road”, he claimed.
“After requesting them again to leave the road, they became aggressive and manhandled our personnel when efforts were made to detain them lawfully. Seven police personnel got injured while detaining them. They also broke the glass of police bus,” he alleged.
A case is being registered below related sections of the Indian Penal Code in reference to the matter, police mentioned.
Later within the evening, a big quantity of resident docs gathered outdoors the Sarojini Nagar police station. But, nobody has been detained as of now, police mentioned.
However, docs claimed that a big quantity of protestors had been detained by police once they tried to march from Safdarjung Hospital to the official residence of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
“They are protesting and we are facilitating their protest…they are on a sit-in here. Let them first settle down and then we will initiate talks with them. It’s likely that any immediate meeting could be arranged with officials concerned at night but we are trying are best to sort it out,” a senior police officer from the southwest district of the Delhi Police mentioned.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Gaurav Sharma mentioned that “Doctors were protesting and they were reconciled through negotiations. They were peacefully handled and sent back to their hostels.”
In a video launched by FORDA, a bunch of protestors could be seen singing the nationwide anthem outdoors a police station, whereas one physician could be seen telling a bunch that they need to put together to camp there all evening to protest.
Later, a resident physician mentioned, in spite of everything detained docs been launched, “injured will go to hospitals, and rest all will be heading back, to regroup again tomorrow”.
Senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally shared a video clip of the face-off between the docs and police personnel, and prolonged assist to protesting resident docs.
As the protest continued on Monday, affected person care remained affected at three Centre-run amenities — Safdarjung, RML and Lady Hardinge hospitals — and a few of the Delhi government-run hospitals.
Last Tuesday, a bunch of docs had thrown flowers on safety barricades, and clanged utensils and clapped in entrance of the Nirman Bhawan right here, saying they had been symbolically “returning” the adulation showered on them for being covid warriors.Â
(With inputs from companies)
