Doctors strike in front of Suvarna Soudha against KPME Bill

Mangalore Today News Network

Belagavi, Nov 13, 2017 : Private medical doctors from across the state have launched their agitation in front of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi on Monday, protesting against what they term the draconian Karnataka Private Medical Establishments Bill.

 

Over 25,000 doctors from across the state are planning to go on a hunger strike. The doctors under the banner of Indian Medical Association objecting to the provisions to imprison doctors for alleged mistreatment, to cap prices for various kinds of services and to form a new patient grievance redressal forum at the district level.

With doctors and the paramedic staff going on strike, the outpatient service at the private hospitals across the state has been affected, causing grave hardships to the patients.

The 10-day winter session of Karnataka legislature has begun on Monday. Meanwhile. the district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC, the agitators are barred from holding demonstrations within 1 km radius of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.

The police have erected a pandal near Suvarna Garden for the agitations. Police security has been heightened at the protest site near the Soudha.

The farmers under the banner of Rajya Raitha Sangha and the Action Committee for landless and homeless have also planned agitations in front of Suvarna Soudha.

Kannada activists, led by Vatal Nagaraj, are also protesting the Maha Melav planned by the pro-Maharashtra bodies in Belagavi.



courtesy:DHNS