Insecurity, fear and frustration sets in after the brutal lathicharge at Medicos in RIMS Ranchi by more than 400 policemen. The country seems to have lost whatever little respect it had for doctors. A profession once thought as a noble one is now at the mercy of police-goon nexus. Today its RIMS, yesterday it was Kanpur. Tomorrow it could be any other medical professional.
This is the sequence of event as narrated by one of the Medico from RIMS, Ranchi - On 25th August, Resident doctors were treating a collapsed new medico sitting on a hunger strike against the roll back of MBBS seats in RIMS, Ranchi. A female journalist was asked to move away from the emergency zone and let the doctor do his duty. She responded by threatening the doctors to that she would tear off her clothes and put up charges of attempt to rape if stopped. The doctor asked the guards on duty to escort her outside.…
