Resident Doctors Of Safdarjung Hospital, LHMC Among Others Join Nationwide Protest Over NEET-PG Counselling

The protest was called by the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA).

Resident Doctors of Lady Hardinge Medical College protesting over the delay in the NEET PG Counselling. (ANI)

New Delhi: The Resident Doctors of Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), and many others join the protest over the delay in conducting NEET-PG 2021 counselling. The protest was called by the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA).

The Federation of Resident Doctors Association had held a meeting of resident doctors across the country on Thursday and decided to call out a nationwide suspension of out-patient department (OPD) services at hospitals, in protest of the claimed delay in holding NEET-PG 2021 counselling. 

Delhi: Resident doctors of Safdarjung Hospital stage protest as part of a nationwide strike called by Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) over the delay in NEET-PG counselling 2021 pic.twitter.com/Ur5EhnuxN7

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According to the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), the delay in admission to PG NEET is impacting the morale and performance of residents doctors. Even after the declaration of results in October, counselling has not yet begun due to a pending Supreme Court case, in which the next hearing is scheduled to be held on January 6, 2022.

In a statement, Dr Manish, President of Federation of Resident Doctors Association, said, "On Thursday, we held a meeting in presence of all other RDAs and came to a conclusion to boycott OPD services till an undecided date and time. This strike is indefinite and would last until concrete measures are taken to address our issues.  More than 10,000 resident doctors across the country would protest against the delay in NEET PG Counselling.  New doctors, who were supposed to join in May are unable to join to date. A hearing date in January was given in December. We still do not know how many years would it take for new doctors to join us. The burden on resident doctors is increasing as existing doctors are working 80 hours a week and new doctors are not able to join in."

(With inputs from ANI)