New Delhi, December 21 : In a symbolic gesture of returning the “honor”, the resident doctors, protesting outside the Union Health Ministry showered the petals back to the government on Tuesday.
The doctors said the gesture is to tell the government that they do not want optics, but what is justified. “We were showered with petals during the nationwide lockdown last year and hailed as Corona warriors by the government. However, the same government has forgotten us when we demand our right to expedite NEET counselling,” Dr Manish, President, Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) said.
The resident doctors from major hospitals here run by the Centre and Delhi government are on strike for the last 5 days with a demand to expedite the counselling of NEET PG 2021 qualifiers, a move that will add around 50,000 doctors to the government hospitals across India.
Patient care was affected for the fifth day as the resident doctors boycotted all services, including emergency, as part of the nationwide agitation called by FORDA.
The doctors are also protesting for the second day in a row outside the union health ministry as they escalated their protest after their demand was not accepted by the Centre.
The doctors also said they will not provide services at the hospitals until the Supreme Court, which has stayed the counselling due to several petitions, calls for immediate hearing of the matter. The apex court has fixed January 6 to hear the matter.
