The dharna will be organised as a reminder to the government to intervene and sort out the major problems faced by the medical profession
Indian Medical Association (IMA), will organise a two-hour dharna as part of Stop NMC Satyagraha, across its 30 state branches and 1765 local branches in every district of India from 11 am 1 pm on November 16, 2016. The dharna will be organised as a reminder to the government to intervene and sort out the major problems faced by the medical profession. This information was given by Dr KK Aggarwal, National President Elect and Honorary Secretary General, IMA.
“Last year, we had postponed our Satyagraha scheduled for November 16, 2015 on the favourable assurances received from the Government of India,” said Dr SS Agarwal, National President, IMA.
“Thousands of doctors across the country will participate in the dharna, press meet and will hand over a memorandum addressed to the Prime Minister to the respective district magistrates,” said Dr Ravi Wankhedkar, National President Elect 2018 IMA.
In a joint statement, Dr R N Tandon, incoming Honorary Secretary General and Dr RV Asokan, Chairman, Action Committee said the “NMC has authority to allow private medical colleges to fix their own rate for 60-99% of the MBBS and postgraduate seats”.
Dr Rakesh Gupta President DMA and Dr Ashwani Goyal Honorray Secretary DMA in a joint statement said Ayurvedics, Homeopaths and others will get registration in modern medicine through Schedule IV of NMC. This will affect the patient care and patient safety. We will give six weeks to the government to meet our demands or will be forced to take further course of action.
EH News Bureau