Docs take out protest march, block traffic

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 26

Supported by students, the medical faculty at Government Medical College here took out a march to protest against the 6th Pay Commission report on Monday. The protesting teachers marched from the GMC campus to Gala Mala Chowk and formed a human chain to block the traffic.

The drizzling on Monday did not prove a deterrent for the agitators. “If we can fight Covid for the past almost two years, we can fight for ourselves too,” said Dr Jaspreet Singh Kauldhar, secretary, Punjab State Medical and Dental Teachers Association (PSMDTA).

The faculty has also started three-hour daily boycott of medical services for patients and teaching of medical students. The three-hour boycott would continue till next Saturday. The union leaders stated that the protest would be further intensified next week if the government failed to respond.

Dr Mridu Grover, president, PSMDTA, said, “Cabinet Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu had asked for a week’s time. If the government failed to restore NPA, the faculty could even decide to resign en-masse.”