Health staff at public hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir today called a strike on May 6 over the state government's failure to act against those involved in an alleged drugs scam in the state.
A joint meeting of doctors, paramedics, pharmacists and other health employees of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Government Medical College and Associated Hospitals and Peripheral Health Care hospitals announced the formation of Medical Employees' Joint Action Forum (MEJAF), which called the strike to coincide with the civil secretariat's summer shift back to the city.
"We appeal to people to observe a strike on May 6 against the drug scam and demonstrate to the government that our consciousness is still alive and (we) can go to any extent to fight for this social cause," Forum's chief spokesperson Asif Mehraj said.
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The civil secretariat and other government offices are scheduled to reopen in Srinagar on May 6 after six months of functioning out of the winter capital, Jammu.
"The administration has not done what was expected (from it to bring the culprits behind the drug scam to book). We have approached the Prime Minister, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the Union Health Minister and JK Chief Minister over the drug racket, but in vain," Mehraj said.
