The Indian Medical Association has written to the union health ministry supporting the junior resident doctors who have been protesting the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling. They demanded fast-tracking of the court hearing to expedite the counselling.The junior doctors’ network of the Indian Medical Association has pointed out that the junior residents are overburdened with work in the face of the imminent third Covid-19 wave and that there were around 50,000 doctors who are waiting to be allotted their earned PG seats amid repeated deferment.Patient care was affected as resident doctors of all Centre-run and some of the Delhi government-run hospitals boycotted all services, including emergency, as part of the nationwide agitation called by the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA).“The protest will go in till January 6, 2021, until the date of the hearing at the Supreme Court. More than 50,000 doctors are waiting. Their futures are on hold. The workload of doctors who are in the final year and second year PG students have multiplied as the first year students have not entered the course. This makes it difficult for patients and for doctors,” stressed Dr Rahul Anand, convenor of IMA-JDN. He has also given his NEET-PG exams and is waiting for the NEET-PG counselling to begin.
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