Massive Doctors' Protest In Delhi Over NEET Exam Braves Police Crackdown
NDTV
NEET-PG counselling protest: The police have denied they used excessive force and said the protesters misbehaved with them.
Hundreds of resident doctors in Delhi on Monday threatened a complete shutdown of medical services, alleging a brutal police crackdown on their protest against the delay in college allotments after the NEET postgraduate exam.
Calling it a "black day" for the medical fraternity, many women doctors alleged that they were manhandled during their march in the day that culminated in an intense face-off with the police and a vigil well into the chilly December night.
The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA), which has been spearheading the protest for a month now, said 2,500 of its members had been "detained" at the Sarojini Nagar police station while marching towards the Health Ministry's offices.
Patient care remained affected at three major government-run hospitals - Safdarjung, RML and Lady Hardinge - among others, news agency PTI reported, while doctors said the delay in NEET-PG counselling continued to hold back an entire cohort from entering medical colleges.
