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 comprising of youth activists from different higher educational institutions gathered outside main gate of Jammu University (JU) and raised slogans against the UT administration for not taking any steps to streamline the health services.
The protesting NSF cadre was led by Dr Vikas Sharma, State president. He 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,” he said.
Dr Vikas sharma also 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,” he 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.
Among those who were present in the protest included, Pushpinder Singh, Rishikesh Rana, Mashkoor Ilahi, Anshu Sharma,Sahil Sharma,Ankush Kumar, Chitram Sharma, Divyam Charak,Lakashya Charak, Riyaz Ahmed,Junaid Jhan, Vikshay Vashist, Irfam mirza, Nikhil Parihar, Rajit parihar, Sachin Sharma and others.