IMA demands law on violence against healthcare workers

Marking its protest against attacks on healthcare professionals, Indian Medical Association (IMA)-Telangana called on all doctors, hospital and clinics managements to hold candle light programme titled ‘White alert to the nation’ on Wednesday night.

IMA members have demanded a special Central law against violence on doctors, nurses, health care workers and hospitals by an ordinance, and implement it on priority basis.

While there have been numerous attacks on healthcare workers, including on doctors in Telangana, the recent incident in Chennai, where over 20 people opposed burial of a neurosurgeon, who was infected with COVID-19, was the tipping point. The neurosurgeon, Simon Hercules, died on Sunday night.