Angry at the recent spate of attacks from relatives of patients and the state's inability to address their security concern, government doctors on Saturday threatened to resign en masse on September 1 unless a foolproof mechanism is put in place for their safety. The doctors hardened their stance in the wake of twin attacks, at Balasore on Friday and Puri on Wednesday, by patients' kin. The president, Odisha Medical Services Association (OMSA) said though the government had enacted a law in 2009 to ensure doctors' safety, the same was not being implemented properly. "We don't want to inconvenience patients.
But our step is for betterment of not only doctors but the entire society. We want a better healthcare system," he said. According to the Orissa Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act, 2008, which was implemented…
