The Government and private practitioners from Uttarakhand are also in the mood to hit the roads against the alleged cane charge and police action on medical students of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College (GSVM), Kanpur, on Friday last week. The medicos lamented that doctors were physically and mentally harassed by the administration and strongly opposed the baton charge on them.
In a meeting held at Chief Medical Office, Dehradun, the Government doctors under the banner of Provincial Medical Health Services Association and Indian Medical Association, Uttarakhand chapter, expressed their concern over Kanpur incident. The gathering decided that they will boycott medical and health services on Thursday in support of their demands which include quashing the case registered against medicos, stringent action against MlA and police personnel andordering CBI probe into the matter.
While speaking to The Pioneer, Dr Geeta Khanna, general secretary, Indian Medical Association, Dehradun chapter, expressed her antipathy over the Kanpur incident and said that medicos were in the mood of decisive show this time and will hit the roads on February 6 and medical officers from the government and private hospitals will collectively boycott the medical and health services in support of their demands.