IMA to hold protest on June 18 demanding central law on violence against medicos

Around 35 lakh doctors of the Indian Medical Association IMA will participate in a nationwide protest on Friday demanding a central law dealing with violence against medicosIMA national president Dr J A Jayalal said besides its members a number of organisations such as the Association of Physicians of India the Association of Surgeons of India the Medical Students Network Junior Doctor Network will participate in the protestIn Bihar and central Kerala doctors will close their clinics in the morning to press for the demand of a central law against violence against doctors In the evening public interaction has been arranged to form a coordination team in each branch of IMA to stop such violence from taking placeWe are deeply hurt to see increasing physical violence on doctors and healthcare professionals Its occurring day in and day out The IMA is pressing for a central act against the violence the IMA said in a statementThe Health Services Personnel and Clinical Establishment Prohibition of Violence and Damage to Property Bill 2019 which sought to impose a jail term up to 10 years for assaulting onduty doctors and other healthcare professionals was dismissed by the Home Ministry saying the special law was not feasible as health is a state subject it saidThere are many central health laws such as the PCPNDT Act and the Clinical Establishment Act Currently 21 states have local laws but what we need is a strong central law to protect doctors from violence the doctors body saidListing plans for Fridays protest the IMA said memorandums will be submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi senior ministers including home minister Amit Shah All branches of IMA would submit memoranda to local authoritiesAll the 1700 branches are organizing events to mark the protest Students wings are very active on the event as they are the ones most concerned about how the issue is tackled and addressed the IMA statement saidWe demand that the government enhances security features in every hospital and declare hospitals as protected zones the statement saidOn the issue of Yoga guru Ramdevs recent controversial comments the IMA said a number of police complaints have been filed across the country for his malafide statements which in our opinion is against the interest of the citizens of the countryAccordingly we have urged the prime minister to take appropriate action against him We respect Ayurveda as part of our culture and ancient science and we never go out and criticize it Our job is to ensure that they patients get treated in the best way possible We are not interested in controversies it saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever