Why are doctors at the receiving end, asks CJI
The Hindu
“They have stood like a rock between the COVID-19 virus and thousands of patients”
Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana on Thursday condemned the brutal attacks on doctors who have stood like a rock between the COVID-19 virus and thousands of emotionally and physically vulnerable patients confined to isolation in hospital wards during the pandemic. The Chief Justice said it was saddening that doctors were being brutally attacked while on duty. “Why is it that the medical professionals are at the receiving end for someone else’s failure? Issues such as insufficient number of medical professionals, infrastructure, medicines, outdated technologies, and government not giving priory to medical sector are issues of immediate concern,” Chief Justice Ramana said in his speech on Doctors’ Day at the launch of Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India’s ‘Defeat Diabetes Campaign’. The CJI highlighted Indian Medical Association’s data that over 798 doctors died in the second wave.More Related News
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