IMA today organized a nation-wide Protest demanding Central Government to enact stringent Central Laws and its proper implementation to curtail violence on profession and professionals. All across the country, in every State in different hospitals, the doctors and healthcare professionals worn black badges & ribbons and black shirts and raised slogan “Save the Saviours” and uploaded their photographs on social media. All the 3.5 lac doctors, individually and as a group, with proper Covid protocol participated in this.
The medical professionals from other Specialty Organizations like ASI, API and FOGSI etc. also openly joined the protest. Many Corporate Hospitals had erected hoardings in front of their hospitals demanding safety of doctors and participated in this Protest.
In Delhi, in 10 different places including AIIMS, the Protest was organized by the doctors, junior doctors and medical students.
IMA and its branches submitted a Memorandum to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India requesting him to ensure safety of the medical fraternity and also take appropriate action on people who are involved in spreading the news against vaccination and its protocol.
In many medical colleges, the students boycotted the classes and organized virtual students’ Parliament in which more than 1000 students participated.
Today, the National President and Honorary Secretary General, IMA met the Health Secretary, GOI and submitted the Memorandum to him. They also met Delhi Special Police Commissioner and requested for enhancing security for the hospitals
In every part of the State women doctors of various States organized Special Protest Meets.
It was a unique Protest in which Indian Medical fraternity has uniformly expressed their anguish and pain due to the assault and declared that it shall be stopped with all possible means. The security of the hospitals shall be enhanced and the hospitals shall be declared as Protected Zones. People who assault the doctors or the profession shall be punished under the fast-track trial mode.
IMA believes that Govt of India will respond to this unified peaceful Protest and initiate steps to bring Central Law and ensure medical fraternity to serve without fear in the hospital premises.
IMA demands July 1st, being the Doctors’ Day, it shall be given as a gift for the suffering medical fraternity before this special celebrated day.
