Viral video: Doctors clash over welcome speech at IMA's annual meeting in Jabalpur

Jabalpur: A clash broke out between former IMA president of Jabalpur, Dr Amarendra Pandey, and the members of IMA Gwalior regarding the welcome speech during the Indian Medical Association (IMA)'s annual meeting in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

The incident occurred on Sunday, and a video of the incident went viral on Monday. The video shows doctors and other attendees of the conclave creating a ruckus during the meeting.

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The newly appointed Jabalpur IMA president, Dr Abhijit Bishnoi said that a clash broke out between the former IMA president of Jabalpur, Dr Amarendra Pandey, and the members of IMA Gwalior regarding the welcome speech during the meeting. Initially, the doctors of IMA Gwalior had a verbal dispute below the stage, and later a few of them reached the stage and manhandled Dr Amarendra Pandey.

State President of IMA, Dr RK Pathak said, "An annual provincial executive meeting of IMA was organized here on Sunday. Our representatives from the entire state took part in it. During the meeting, the IMA president of the Jabalpur branch was delivering the welcome speech. In the meantime, a few representatives present there got agitated about his welcome speech and they reached the stage. They had a dispute and then had manhandled the Jabalpur IMA president.

Pathak further said, "It is a very sad incident and it should not be repeated in the future. After the dispute, all the members of the IMA sat together and discussed that if there is any mistake then they are sorry for that. We will make sure on behalf of the IMA Madhya Pradesh branch that such an incident should not happen again. A committee will be formed to investigate the matter and action will be taken accordingly".

Former state president of IMA from Gwalior, Dr. AS Bhalla told Dainik Bhaskar during the annual meeting in Jabalpur, Jabalpur president Dr. Pandey came for the welcome address. He had to give a welcome speech, but he started giving speech targeting the doctors of Gwalior-Indore. As soon as he said that 'I do not need any senior doctor, no one can harm me. There are some people whose feet are hanging in the grave. When the Indore team protested, Gwalior-Indore was called to get out. After that, there started fighting and commotion.

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