TMC MP terms NMC guidelines as draconian, says Doctors can't be asked to work like bonded labourers
New Delhi: Objecting to the recent guidelines issued by National medical Commission (NMC) for medical practitioners, Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar recently said that doctors cannot be asked to work like bonded labourers and their job cannot be compared with other professionals.
Participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address, she termed the NMC guidelines as "draconian".
"I would like to request the government that the draconian notice given by the National Medical Commission (NMC) to the doctors of service all over the country to act like bonded labourers that they have to sign at 4 o' clock in the morning and at 4 o' clock in the evening.
"To deal with the issue of ghost faculty in medical colleges leading to the burden on PG students, the National Medical Commission (NMC) last month barred the faculty from engaging in private practice during college hours," she said, quotes PTI
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