IMA calls 24 hour strike on August 8 to protest against NMC Bill
New Delhi : The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday called for a withdrawal of services of modern medicine doctors across the country on August 8 against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill.
"We will observe the black day for three days. And on August 8 we have decided that we will have a 24 hours strike. It is in the people's interest," former IMA president Vinay Aggarwal told ANI after the Action Committee meeting convened at IMA headquarters here.
IMA spokesperson Narendra Saini said that the NMC bill will encourage quackery. "On one side we talk about improving the quality of healthcare and if you read clauses 51 and 52 then it seems like we are encouraging quackery. One can become a doctor after complete a four-year MBBS course with one-year training. And now a person who has been associated with health services can become a doctor after some days of training," he said.
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