Ludhiana vet university teachers suspend OPD services

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, May 21

The Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Teachers’ Association (GADVASUTA) suspended OPD services today from 10 am to 12 noon to protest the FIR registered against a GADVASU professor and his team.

The case pertains to the death of a dog that was brought for treatment at GADVASU. The complaint has been filed by a resident of Shahpur Kalan, Sangrur.

GADVASUTA president Dr Ashwani Kumar said as many as 100 to 150 cases from the state and adjoining states were treated daily in the institute, and clinicians had been working round the clock to provide the best services even during the pandemic and lockdown.

The teachers wore black badges in protest. Dr Kumar also apologised for any inconvenience caused to livestock and pet owners due to the protest.

Dr Kumar said: “If the false FIR registered against the GADVASU professor is not quashed immediately, then the GADVASUTA will intensify their agitation. We have also planned to suspend OPD services on Saturday.”

The case has caused a wave of resentment in the veterinary fraternity throughout the state.

Dr Sarabjit Singh Randhawa, president, Punjab State Veterinary Officers Association (PSVOA), expressed his solidarity with the GADVASU faculty and the professor against whom the FIR has been registered.

He said if the FIR was not withdrawn, the veterinarians would suspend services across the state.

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