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Apologise or face strike: Doctors to Mann

With the resignation of a noted spine surgeon Dr. Raj Bahadur, politics has stirred up regarding the misbehaviour of the Aam Aadmi Party MLAs and ministers in Punjab. While CM Bhagwant Mann apologised to Dr Raj Bahadur on Saturday evening, an AAP spokesperson supported their Health Minister later in the day in a press conference, […]

With the resignation of a noted spine surgeon Dr. Raj Bahadur, politics has stirred up regarding the misbehaviour of the Aam Aadmi Party MLAs and ministers in Punjab. While CM Bhagwant Mann apologised to Dr Raj Bahadur on Saturday evening, an AAP spokesperson supported their Health Minister later in the day in a press conference, inviting backlash from the opposition.

The IMA Punjab unit, under the leadership of President Paramjit Singh Mann, held a meeting in Ludhiana on Sunday. At this meeting, the leaders of the IMA Punjab unit said that the government should sack Health Minister Chetan Singh Jaudamajra. They stated that if the Punjab government does not take any concrete action, a large-scale strike will be held in Punjab. PGI Chandigarh Faculty Association also released a letter against the Health Minister, asking for an unconditional apology.

The PCMS Association and the Indian Ortho Association have also strongly condemned the misbehaviour by the Health Minister. PCMSA State President Dr. Akhil Sarin said, “Whatever the reason, the manner in which the VC misbehaved with the Minister is condemnable. Such gross disrespect for a senior health official is appalling. The state has lost its only spine surgeon. Let us tell you that 71-year-old Ortho Surgeon Dr. Raj Bahadur has held high positions in 11 major medical institutions in North India for the past 40 years. He is a well-known specialist in spine surgery.”

Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira said that Dr. Raj Bahadur has resigned after suffering humiliation by the Health Minister. If CM Bhagwant Mann has any decency, then he should immediately sack the Health Minister from his cabinet and ask him to unconditionally apologise to Dr. Raj Bahadur.

Punjab Congress Chief Raja Warring met Dr. Raj Bahadur in Mohali and gave him a supporting hand while touching the doctor’s feet.

On Saturday, Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra visited a hospital where he got agitated after finding a shabby mattress. He asked VC Dr. Bahadur to lie on that dirty mattress. Dr. Bahadur lay on that mattress and tried to tell the Minister that it was not his job but the medical superintendent’s job to look after these things.

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