Nearly 300 teachers of a medical college here today submitted their resignation to Uttar Pradesh government, even as the agitation by doctors against arrest of 24 junior doctors entered the fourth day.
"300 doctors faculty have sent their resignation to Director, Medical Education K K Gupta and all teachers along with junior doctors are holding a peaceful agitation to protest against barbaric police action on 24 junior doctors and their subsequent arrest," said Aarti Lal Chandani, IMA Kanpur president and Head of Medicine Department of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College.
The agitating doctors have also written to the Prime Minister and the President apprising them about the "barbaric" action of the police and sought their intervention into the matter.
Kanpur police SP (West) Gaurav Singh said all 24 junior doctors, allegedly involved in stone pelting, were arrested yesterday. He said police has been deployed around the medical college to avoid any untoward incident.
"We demand that guilty police officials be suspended immediately and the arrested doctors be released," Chandani said, adding, "till our demands are met, the strike at the medical college will continue and the services will remain suspend."
The IMA Kanpur chief claimed that nearly 2000 private doctors in the city are also not working in support of the strike and all nursing homes and private hospitals too were shut.
Medical services in Uttar Pradesh remained affected for the fourth day even as some patients have also reportedly died due to lack of timely medical assistance and the medical college administration is looking into the matter.
Meanwhile, Aam Admi Party leaders Kumar Vishwas and Sanjay Singh have also extended their support to the agitation saying the party is with the doctors on the issue.
Government hospitals Ursula and KPM Hospital are open and patients of the medical college are being transferred there for treatment.
Chandani accused supporters of SP MLA Solanki of registering fake FIRs against her and her husband and other doctors.
"300 doctors faculty have sent their resignation to Director, Medical Education K K Gupta and all teachers along with junior doctors are holding a peaceful agitation to protest against barbaric police action on 24 junior doctors and their subsequent arrest," said Aarti Lal Chandani, IMA Kanpur president and Head of Medicine Department of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College.
The agitating doctors have also written to the Prime Minister and the President apprising them about the "barbaric" action of the police and sought their intervention into the matter.
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"All the doctors have resigned wilfully in protest against the police lathicharge on the junior doctors of the college and their arrest," Chandani said.
Kanpur police SP (West) Gaurav Singh said all 24 junior doctors, allegedly involved in stone pelting, were arrested yesterday. He said police has been deployed around the medical college to avoid any untoward incident.
"We demand that guilty police officials be suspended immediately and the arrested doctors be released," Chandani said, adding, "till our demands are met, the strike at the medical college will continue and the services will remain suspend."
The IMA Kanpur chief claimed that nearly 2000 private doctors in the city are also not working in support of the strike and all nursing homes and private hospitals too were shut.
Medical services in Uttar Pradesh remained affected for the fourth day even as some patients have also reportedly died due to lack of timely medical assistance and the medical college administration is looking into the matter.
Meanwhile, Aam Admi Party leaders Kumar Vishwas and Sanjay Singh have also extended their support to the agitation saying the party is with the doctors on the issue.
Government hospitals Ursula and KPM Hospital are open and patients of the medical college are being transferred there for treatment.
Chandani accused supporters of SP MLA Solanki of registering fake FIRs against her and her husband and other doctors.