Page 7 - Doctors Protest News Today

The stir, led by the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association, has been going on for 12 days now.

Delhi police additional commissioner, Central range, Suman Goyal, on Tuesday said that no force and lathi-charge was used on the doctors, and added that Delhi Police have the highest regard for doctors.

Resident doctors from several major central and state-run government hospitals in Delhi have boycotted all healthcare services on Tuesday, 28 December, a day after the police crackdown on the doctors' protest.

Junior doctors in Odisha on Tuesday protested against the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling and Delhi police's handling of protesters.

Resident doctors' groups in Delhi on Monday threatened a complete shutdown of medical services, alleging a brutal police crackdown on their protest against the delay in college allotments after the NEET postgraduate exam.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday slammed the Modi government for the police action against resident doctors in the national capital who took to the streets to protest the delay in NEET-PG counselling.

Resident doctors of six Delhi hospitals joined protest against the delay in the NEET-PG 2021 counselling on Tuesday.

The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) said the decision to suspend protest for a week has been taken in view of the developments in the last few days in connection with the issue, and the death of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and others in a helicopter crash on Wednesday.

FORDA has decided to put the agitation on hold for one week after holding discussions with representatives of state RDAs virtually on Thursday

Admission to various courses in NEET PG 2021 has been delayed indefinitely following the Covid-19 pandemic