Disqualified MD, MS examinees passed despite poor marks, WB Doctors seek CM intervention
Kolkata: A government doctors' organization 'Service Doctors Forum' recently protested against a health minister of the Trinamool Congress government of West Bengal, alleging that he let some disqualified students of MS and MD to pass the examination using his influence. In their protest, they have asked the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, who is also the health minister of the state to intervene and initiate a probe into the matter.
The doctors' forum contended that inspite of several MS and MD students scoring marks that led to the disqualification in their Master's degree examination, a minister of the TMC, working at a good position in Swastha Bhavan used his influence and passed the disqualified students. The forum wanted Mamata Banerjee to initiate a probe into the incident.
The Doctors Service Forum identify themselves as "a Pro-People & Pro-Doctor Scientific Association of Government Service Doctors", who work together as a common platform to address "the problems in the working environment of Government Health Services, security of doctors', to uphold the right of the Service doctors' & People's health".
Meanwhile, the Progressive Rural Physician Welfare Association (PRPWA) also submitted a memorandum to the health secretary asking him to stop the police action against, Informal health care providers (IHCP), who were detained by the police inspite of the assurances provided by the Chief Minister. Manoj Chakraborty, state president of PRPWA said, "IHCP in rural areas are easily accessible for rural people for getting primary health care. The state government is planning to employ them to primary health centre but police are mysteriously is ignoring CM's order even harassing them."
