Dr Paramjit Mann is Punjab IMA president

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 3

Dr Paramjit Mann, a pediatrician from Nawanshahr, on Sunday elected as the president of the Punjab unit of Indian Medical Association (IMA).

Dr Mann, the former general secretary of IMA, Punjab, has always been very vocal about the rights of doctors in the state. He had opposed the Punjab Clinical Establishment Act, Centre’s attempt to legitimise ‘mixopathy’, and violence on doctors. Besides, he organised various medical check-up camps at Pathlawa village in Nawanshahr where first Covid patient was diagnosed, and other districts to help the state government fight against Covid-19.

During the lockdown, Dr Mann kept visiting police stations and police nakas in the Nawanshahr district to examine the frontline warriors. He also examined more than 200 cops. Also, along with other IMA office-bearers, he had been giving valuable tips to combat the pandemic, said Dr Navjot Dahiya, former president of the IMA.

The IMA unit of Punjab congratulated Dr Mann and said he would ensure ethical practices in the medical profession and would also take care that the doctor-patient relation would improve in future.