Resident doctors of KEM, Sion and JJ hospitals in Mumbai have withdrawn their OPD services from Thursday, December 30, to protest against the delay in NEET-PG counselling and the alleged ill-treatment of agitating doctors by police in New Delhi. However, the agitated doctors would be only work for COVID-19 ward.
Moreover, today, December 31, the resident doctors of Nair Hospital also joined the agitation.
This development came days after resident doctors had a faceoff with policemen at south Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital after they were stopped from marching to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, December 28.
The issue of delayed admissions to medical colleges under the NEET postgraduate exam is being heard by the Supreme Court. Counselling for admissions is on hold.
However, amid a rise in the coronavirus and Omicron cases, strict restrictions have been imposed. Therefore, the resident doctors called for a peaceful by keeping the service closed. No protest rallies have been staged anywhere.
Meanwhile, On December 24, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve the NEET-PG counselling crisis and augment manpower to face a possible third wave of COVID-19 infections.
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