NEW DELHI: The IMA has given a call for a 24-hour withdrawal of non-essential services across the country to protest the passage of the National Medical Commission Bill, which seeks to replace the graft-tainted Medical Council of India, saying it is “anti-poor, anti-student and anti-democratic”.
Emergency, casualty, ICU and other related services will remain unaffected.
The Indian Medical Association, the largest body of doctors and students in the country with around three lakh members, has called for demonstrations and hunger strikes at its local branches and urged medical students to boycott classes and proclaim solidarity with IMA.
It warned in a statement it will intensify agitation if the Government continues to be “indifferent to their concerns”.
Meanwhile, doctors associated with the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) and Resident Doctors’ Association at AIIMS showed up to work wearing black badges as a mark of protest.
The bill was passed by Lok Sabha on Monday as thousands of doctors protested across the country against it. The bill provides for setting up of a National Medical Commission in place of MCI for development and regulation of all aspects of medical education, profession and institutions. (AGENCIES)
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