AIIMS sells part land to NBCC, doctors oppose
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New Delhi: An MoU signing event between AIIMS and NBCC for construction of over 3,000 flats saw protests from a union of resident doctors who were opposing the government's move to sell 10 per cent of the land for commercial use at one of the institute's premises.
Angry protesters tried to barge into an auditorium, where the MoU was being signed in the presence of Union Health Minister J P Nadda and Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, forcing the AIIMS administrtation to prevent their entry.
The Resident Doctors' Association members also claimed that they had a scuffle with the security guards when they tried to enter the auditorium.
"We just wanted to send our three representatives to give a memorandum to the ministers before the MoU was signed, but the administration did not allow us. We were protesting peacefully but the security guards tried to remove us from the lobby which led to a minor scuffle between the resident doctors and security guards," AIIMS RDA president Dr Vijay Gurjar said.
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