Maha: 89 ZP doctors quit, accuse collector of ill-treatment
Yavatmal: Eighty-nine doctors of the Yavatmal Zilla Parishad on Monday tendered their resignations claiming ill-treatment at the hands of district collector MD Singh, a functionary of a medical officers' association said.
The collector refuted the allegations and said some grievances may exist at the tehsil level and they would be sorted out.
Dr. Sangharsh Rathod, secretary of the Yavatmal unit of Maharashtra State Gazetted Medical Officers Group A Organisation (MAGMO) told PTI that its delegation had gone to meet Singh to demand a reservation of 50 beds in government medical colleges for doctors and kin who had tested positive for coronavirus.
The MAGMO delegation also sought one-day leave in a week and a timeline to submit daily reports, he said.
"The collector, instead of listening to issues of the five-member MAGMO delegation, started asking them about daily reports, etc, and his behavior was disrespectful," Rathod alleged.
"A total of 89 doctors under MAGMO have submitted their written resignations to the CEO of Yavatmal Zilla Parishad. We will not resume duties till collector Singh is transferred from the district," he said.
When contacted, Singh refuted allegations of being rude to doctors and in turn accused the latter of walking out of the meeting rather than being asked to leave.
"They have seven to eight demands, of which some can be sorted out at the district level while others will have to be looked into by the state government," he told PTI.
"Nobody was rude to the doctors. They left the meeting without submitting their demands. We were not rude nor did we ask them to leave the meeting. The resident district collector and other officials were present during this meeting. Higher authorities have been apprised of the situation," he added.
He praised doctors and other frontline staff for bringing down the number of COVID-19 cases in Yavatmal.
"There may be few grievances in some tehsils, which will be sorted out. However, nobody will be rude to efficient officials," Singh claimed.
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MediaOne TV Facebook page restored after block linked to ‘government request’
Kochi: The official Facebook page of Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV has been restored after being blocked without prior notice, the broadcaster said on Wednesday.
The channel was quoted by Maktoob as saying that the restriction was lifted automatically, with Meta Platforms informing it that the action had been taken following a “government request” which has now expired or been reversed.
The development came shortly after the channel approached the Kerala High Court challenging the blocking of its page, terming it arbitrary and in violation of legal provisions and judicial precedents. The High Court had issued notice to Meta via email hours before the restriction was withdrawn.
In its petition, the channel said access to its Facebook page had been restricted for users in India without citing any specific content or alleged violation. It contended that while individual posts may be taken down under applicable a rule, blocking an entire page goes beyond the scope of such measures.
The incident followed an earlier action taken against the channel in 2022, when the Ministry of Information and transmitting prohibited it from transmitting. It cited national security concerns regarding the Ministry of Home Affairs' refusal of security clearance.
The Supreme Court of India in April 2023 set aside the ban, observing that national security claims cannot be made without substantive basis and that criticism of government policies does not render a media outlet anti-national.
