PMA, eye specialists’ body decry attacks on healthcare providers, demand protection
Karachi
March 13, 2021
The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) and Ophthalmological Society of Pakistan (OSP) Karachi on Friday strongly condemned the recent violent attack on doctors by relatives of a patient at a private tertiary-care health facility in the city. They also demanded countrywide protection to the healthcare providers at their workplaces.
Addressing a press conference at the PMA House, PMA office-bearers Dr Sharif Hashmani and Dr Abdul Ghafoor Shoro along with Dr Qazi Wasiq of the OSP condemned the growing incidence of violence against doctors and other healthcare providers and asked the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Chief of Army Staff and Sindh Chief Minister to initiate an impartial inquiry into the recent incident where a male and female ophthalmologist were manhandled by a serving military officer.
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