Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare condemns police action inside hospital in Mangaluru
Seeks 'exemplary punishment' for those guilty
New Delhi: The Alliance of Doctors for Ethical Healthcare (ADEH) issued a press release condemning the 'inhuman and illegal' behavior of Police while dealing with injured persons during the current agitation against NRC and CAA across the country.
"The ADEH condemns the inhuman, illegal behaviour of police personnel towards injured persons seeking health care in the course of the current agitation against CAA/NRC. Some of the Jamia Milia students injured by the police violence were reportedly not even allowed to get medical attention” the release said.
The body also took note of the incident that took place in Mangalore where the police barged into hospital and ransacked the corridors and ICU and condemned the incident.
"Worse has been seen in Mangalore. The News Minute reported that the two firing victims—Jaleel Kudroli (49) and Nausheen Bengre (23)—were brought to Highland Hospital. On hearing of the death of the two people, people started gathering outside Highland Hospital and a confrontation ensued between protesters and personnel" quoted the release.
The video clips show policemen running through a corridor and attempting to kick open a door and using lathis and shields to push people at the other side away. Other news-reporters have reported other misdeeds of the police in this private hospital. Daiji World, a publication that operates from Mangaluru, reported that even people bringing the injured were targeted by the police, said the statement.
Daiji World quoted a doctor as saying, "Police had resorted to lathi charge on patients' relatives inside the hospital, spreading fear among the patients, doctors and staff.” the press statement stated.
"As pointed out by a letter by IMA to Prime Minister’s Office “We have seen several protests in the country. Even when the Emergency was imposed in 1975, hospitals were never touched. This is something which we are seeing for the first time.”
It is the duty of every doctor to treat the injured irrespective of anything else and no authority should interfere in this process. Health care personnel should not be scared to treat any injured/affected persons in such situations" it added.
It also came down heavily on doctors refusing or avoiding to treat those injured during protests and added that Human Rights Commission should probe the matter and look into it.
"There have been media reports, that during the Jamia Milia violence episode, some doctors used communal and derogatory language to injured people and avoided to treat patients. Human rights commission should investigate this matter and the police-obstacle in injured persons accessing health care" the press release added.
The press release further called for a judicial inquiry into the matter and demanded exemplary punishment to those found guilty.
"There should be judicial inquiry into these reported incidences of police excesses and the guilty personnel and their supervisors should receive exemplary punishment. Human rights commission and the Medical Council of India should pro-actively investigate this matter of the reported communal and derogatory remarks regarding the injured persons by medical personnel" demanded ADEH.
The government should send strict instructions to all police and other officials not to invade, threaten hospitals, not prevent any injured person from accessing health care or interfere with the work of health-care personnel to treat injured, affected people in any such conflict situation" the press statement demanded.
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Vice President Radhakrishnan meets Sri Lankan President Dissanayake
Colombo (PTI): Vice President C P Radhakrishnan met Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake here on Sunday and held discussions on various initiatives, including the Indian housing project, and fishermen issues between the two South Asian neighbours.
Radhakrishnan, who arrived here earlier in the day on a two-day visit, also discussed with Dissanayake the ongoing Indian project implementation in Sri Lanka with emphasis on the USD 450 million Cyclone Ditwah aid offered by India.
Accompanied by a 49-member delegation, the vice president was received at the Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo by Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage and several other dignitaries.
Radhakrishnan’s visit is the first ever by an Indian vice president to Sri Lanka, officials said.
Radhakrishnan laid emphasis on India’s 'Neighbourhood First' policy and developmental bilateral cooperation, officials said.
“Both leaders held productive discussions on further deepening the multifaceted India–Sri Lanka ties, rooted in shared history, strong civilizational and people-to-people linkages,” according to a social media post by Radhakrishnan.
They held wide-ranging discussions on various initiatives, including the Indian housing project and projects being implemented under the USD 450 million package for areas affected by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka, including reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the most affected regions of the Indian-origin Tamil community, it added.
The two sides also discussed addressing fishermen issues in a humanitarian manner, considering the livelihoods of fishing communities on both sides.
The fishermen issue is a contentious one in the ties between India and Sri Lanka.
The Palk Strait, a narrow strip of water separating Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka, is a rich fishing ground for fishermen from both countries.
Fishermen from both countries are arrested frequently for inadvertently trespassing into each other's waters.
Later in the day, he is expected to meet with Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya.
A number of memoranda of understanding between the two countries are also scheduled to be exchanged during the visit, a Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry release said.
This visit, which follows recent high-level engagements between the two countries, is expected to further strengthen the millennia-old civilisational and people-to-people ties between India and Sri Lanka, an official statement said.
