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Govt unsympathetic; junior doctors on edge
It appears that the junior doctors in Telangana are getting anxious by the day as both the Telangana government and the High Court are not sympathetic towards the striking medicos.
- Make fresh appeal for talks; Govt warns parents of debarment
- No party backs their demand to scrap mandatory rural service
Hyderabad: It appears that the junior doctors in Telangana are getting anxious by the day as both the Telangana government and the High Court are not sympathetic towards the striking medicos.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) government has already made its intentions clear, by serving notices to parents of the junior doctors that they will be debarred from services as they have been on strike for the last one month. This unprecedented step has rattled the medicos and their parents, so much so that they felt it necessary to organise a T JUDA Parents and Citizens Forum meeting and discuss their future course of action.
The T JUDA Parents Forum has on Sunday made a fresh appeal to the government to invite the medicos for talks.
The junior doctors were in fact taken aback when well-known educationist and MLC Chukka Ramaiah visited Indira Park Dharna chowk and counselled them to agree to work in rural areas. Ramaiah told them that they should sensitise the people whom they served and there was no point in boycotting services to bring the government to its knees. Though the T JUDA members have put up a spirited fight ever since they launched the strike on September 29, they could not get sufficient political support from Opposition parties in the State. Soon after launching agitation, the T JUDA association conducted an all-party meeting. But Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLA R Krishnaiah, BJP leader K Lakshman and Congress leader Mallu Ravi pledged their support, only ‘if’ the TRS intended to abolish the compulsory one-year rural service.
The Telangana Congress has on Sunday made it clear that junior doctors shall serve in rural areas. Speaking to The Hans India, TPCC spokesman Kamalakar Rao said, “Congress wants the junior doctors to work in rural areas for at least two years. At the same time, the government shall fulfil their demands and ensure that their services are made available to people in rural areas.”
TDP Floor leader Errabelli Dayakar Rao said, “The JUDA members have not sought our support in the first place. The government should hold talks with them and resolve the issue. Our party will not go into the question of merits of their demand for scrapping of one-year rural service.”
BJP Telangana spokesperson Prakash Reddy said his party wanted the TJUDA members to wait for six more months as bifurcation process has not been completed.
Meanwhile, the T JUDA Parents Forum meeting passed a five-point resolution, which said, “We feel that compulsory rural service being enforced on the freshly passed medical students is illogical and will not serve the purpose of rural public health needs.”
