NPA cut: Doctors block road for 2 hours; threaten strike

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, July 14

Labourers and farmers are already on the path of struggle due to the wrong policies of the government and now most educated cadres have gone on the path of struggle. This was stated by protesting doctors of the Health Department on Wednesday on the third day of their strike on the NPA issue.

On the state-level call of the Joint Government Doctors’ Coordination Committee, a protest march was taken out from the Civil Hospital, Hoshiarpur, to Prabhat Chowk following which there was a jam for two hours and the Jalandhar-Hoshiarpur main road was blocked.

On the occasion, senior medical officers, Ayurvedic Doctors’ Association, Dental Doctors’ Association, Veterinary Doctors’ Association, Punjab Nursing Association, Punjab Laboratory Technicians’ Association, Para Medical Staff, X-Ray Operators’ Union and class four unions participated in the march by boycotting health services.

State committee member Dr Raj Kumar said doctors in the state were on the path of struggle for the past several days, but the Punjab Government did not listen to them.

The joint action committee warned the government that if their demands were not met by July 18, then on July 19, on the call of the state committee, all health services would be suspended and they would go on indefinite strike.