Goa IMA worried about increasing cases of assault on doctors
Panaji: The Goa chapter of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has grave expressed concerns over continued violence against doctors on duty in the coastal state.
Indian Medical Association Goa Branch chief Dr Medha Salkar in a representation to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has pointed out to the recent incident of assault and threatening of Dr Atul Pai Bir, a doctor attached to state run Community Health Centre in Sanquelim (North Goa).
"We at IMA Goa state are deeply hurt at the continued violence and assault on doctors on duty. In an recent incidence at CHC Sanquelim Dr Atul Pai Bir was assaulted and threatened by a mob," Salkar has said in the letter.
The IMA has claimed that on the same day in the night, one person came and told a patient attendant that "we should not see this doctor back at Sankhali
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