LAHORE: The YDA staged a protest rally in the provincial metropolis Tuesday. As soon as the young
doctors started moving towards the GOR-I, the
Police baton-charged the doctors, used
water cannon and tear-gassed them to
prevent their entry into the high-security zone. The young
doctors also tried to scuffle with the
Police just to ‘play victim’ after being tortured, but the
Police acted wisely and didn’t beat the protesters. However, the
Police managed to push them back on Jail Road.
The long march and call for closure of hospitals by leaders of Young
doctors Association (YDA), Punjab, turned counterproductive that showed cracks within its ranks as majority of young
doctors didn’t respond to their desperate calls to suspend treatment services in hospitals.
“Majority of young
doctors has thwarted YDA leadership’s attempt to disrupt healthcare services in hospitals especially as they themselves are facing corruption, interference in administrative matters of hospitals and other charges,” said a young doctor of the Mayo Hospital, where young
doctors completely alienated themselves
from the YDA’s long march and continued discharging their duties in the hospital.
Earlier, YDA leadership and activists, especially
from other districts than those
from hospitals
from Lahore, gathered in Services Hospital Tuesday noon and started marching towards Punjab Institute of Cardiology to enter GOR-I.
The young
doctors were carrying banners and placards, inscribed with their demands, and shouting slogans against the Punjab government and Secretary Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education (SHC&ME) Department, which also caused traffic jam on Jail Road.
“We want Secretary of SHC&ME Najam Ahmad Shah, who is a non-medical professional, to be replaced with a doctor, who will have a better understanding of the intricacies of the health sector in the province.
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