Will take up bio-waste management, violence against docs: IMA chief

Nawanshahr, January 16

Installation ceremony of president Dr Paramjit Mann, Secretary Dr Sunil Katyal and their team for Indian Medical Association (IMA), Punjab, for the year 2022-23 was held today. A meeting of the State Council of IMA amid Covid protocol was organised to mark the ceremony.

Dr KD Singh, outgoing president, Dr Rakesh Vig, Dr SPS Sooch, Dr Rajinder Sharma, Dr Jatinder Kansal, Dr Amrik Singh Arora (all past presidents) Dr Navjot Dahiya, and among others, welcomed the new president and other officer bearers which include Dr Sukhjit Singh (Senior Vice President), Dr Vikas Chhabra (Vice President), Dr RS Bal (Finance Secretary) and Dr JS Sandhu (Assistant Secretary).

Dr Mann, the former general secretary of IMA, Punjab, has always been vocal about the rights of doctors in the state. He had opposed the centre’s attempt to legitimise ‘mixopathy’, violence on doctors and among other issues. Besides, he organised various medical check-up camps at Pathlawa village and among other districts to help the state government fight against Covid-19, said Dr Navjot Dahiya.

The office-bearers of the State Council, IMA, while congratulating Dr Mann, expressed their gratitude for his services as general secretary. They said they hoped that Dr Mann would continue to raise his voice to safeguard the interest of the medical fraternity as well as making healthcare services more pro-people.

Dr Paramjit Mann, in his speech, while thanking the state council for reposing faith in him for this coveted post, said, he would strive hard in tandem with his entire team to raise the issues relating to Bio-Waste Management, Clinical Establishment Bill, Ayushman Bharat Scheme, and violence against doctors, etc.