On January 6, the Jammu and Kashmir government attached, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) director A G Ahangar to the General Administration Department and placed under suspension three senior doctors for allegedly violating the ban on private practice, which was purportedly shown by the sting operation.
"We will have to go on a strike all over Kashmir if he (Ahangar) is not reinstated or a logical explanation is not given by the government for his removal," Doctors Association of Kashmir (DAK) General Secretary Owais Ahmad told reporters.
On the occasion, Mir Mushtaq, spokesman of Jammu and Kashmir Doctors Coordination Committee (JKDCC), an amalgam of various doctors associations in the state, said while they fully supported the government over suspending three doctors for violation of rules, Ahangar's attachment was an "unprecedented" and "uncalled" for.
"This is unprecedented and has not happened in the state before. We believe the honour and dignity of doctors was hurt by this uncalled action by the government," Mushtaq said.
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After the court stayed the order, within a matter of hours, the government came out with another order to appoint an interim director, Mushtaq said.
"We believe a plot was created to make Ahangar a scapegoat," he said.
The JKDCC spokesman demanded Ahangar be reinstated with honour and dignity.
A private TV channel carried out a sting operation purportedly showing three senior doctors - Altaf Kirmani, Mushtaq Ahmad Wani and Syed Wajid Ali - treating patients at their private clinics.
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