The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Visakhapatnam News : Medicos shift protest venue

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Wednesday, Jul 13, 2005

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Medicos shift protest venue

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Move out of KGH; Superintendent asked to oversee eviction from hostels Move out of KGH; superintendent asked to oversee eviction from hostels

SHOW TIME: Students and junior doctors of Andhra Medical College and King George Hospital watch a skit being performed ridiculing the State Government's policy on private medical colleges, in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday. — Photo: C.V. Subrahmanya m

VISAKHAPATNAM: Notwithstanding the High Court strictures and disciplinary action initiated by the State Government, junior doctors and post-graduate and degree students of the Andhra Medical College continued their agitation over the issue of private medical colleges on Tuesday.

However, they desisted from taking out protest rallies and holding demonstrations in the King George Hospital premises as per the High Court directive.

Dharna and skit

The pandal erected near the KGH in-gate was removed and the junior doctors shifted their venue of protest to the open place in front of Panagal Building, the administrative office of the AMC. They sat their for a couple of hours wearing black badges while a skit ridiculing the Government's policy on private colleges was performed by a group of students. A posse of policemen was present on the spot.

Talking to reporters, the AMC Principal, R. Narayana Rao, said that the Superintendent of KGH, who is in charge of the PG Students Hostel, was asked to get the students vacate the hostel, as per the directions of the Government.

Details of absentees would be communicated to the Director of Medical Education, who would take disciplinary action.

However, the eviction of junior doctors and PG students from the hostels had not taken place till reports came in last.

Trade unions support

Meanwhile, trade unions representing middle class employees and mass organisations extended their support to the striking doctors and expressed their resentment over the State Government invoking the Essential Services Maintenance Act against them.

A meeting of the organisations held on Tuesday evening criticised the Government for resorting to intimidating tactics like threatening to get the registration cancelled by the Medical Council of India, instead of immediately resolving the issues raised by the junior doctors. They supported the junior doctors' demand to implement the Justice Jeevan Reddy Commission's recommendations.

The unions wanted the Government to understand the problems of junior doctors and solve them through negotiations instead of adopting alternative measures like engaging retired and private doctors.

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