Amraiz Khan
The Young Doctors’ Association (YDA) on Wednesday boycotted Out-Patient Department (OPD) services in various hospitals in different cities of Punjab against torture over their colleagues during a protest outside Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) in Islamabad.
Criticizing the incumbent government, the doctors regretted it is for the first time in the country’s history, the doctors were viciously attacked.
The doctors in the Services Hospital Lahore also suspended their services against the brutal torture, causing severe problems to the patients coming to the hospital from far-flung areas of the province.
In Faisalabad, the doctors from the YDA platform suspended OPDs and operation theatre services at Allied Hospital and staged a protest demonstration.
They strongly condemned the torture and arrest of their colleagues in Islamabad and vowed not to accept NLE law at any cost.
It is to be recalled that the situation during a protest outside the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) turned violent when police baton-charged and fired tear gas on young doctors who were gathered there to voice their resentment against National Licencing Examination (NLE).
According to details, the protesters entered the building of the commission and hurled stones at the police personnel when they tried to stop the doctors.
Earlier, Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) termed the organization of National Licencing Examination (NLE) ‘successful’ and announced that full licences would be immediately issued to the successful medical graduates for practice in the country.