Shadow Correspondent
Jammu, Mar, 04
The National Secular Forum (NSF) today held a strong demonstration against private practice of doctors working in government hospitals and Medical Colleges and demanded from the UT administration to impose blanket ban on it.
The NSF cadre raised slogans against the UT administration for not taking any steps to streamline the health services.
The protesting NSF cadre were led by Pushpinder Singh State Vice-President,Mashkoor Ilahi Khan State Secretary, Ankush Kumar, JU unit president. They blamed the doctors for creating mess in Health and Medical Education Department and minting huge amount of money by fleecing the gullible poor patient and earning bad name for their department. “The doctors are busy in their private practice during the duty hours and insisting the patients to visit their private clinics for treatment which is causing hardships to the poor people,” they said.
University Unit Sr. Vice-President Chetram Sharma, Divyam Kalsotra,blamed the UT administration for maintaining silence over the corruption being done by the doctors. “The administration should bring out an order to impose blanket ban on the private practice of doctors. But they too are conniving with the doctors owing to which people are made to suffer,” They alleged.
The NSF cadre urged the Lt Governor Girish Chander Murmu to immediately take notice of this corrupt practiced and curb the same. However, they warned to intensify the protest if nothing is done in this direction at the earliest.
