Mangaluru: Doctors/nurses stage protest rally against recent assault & vandalism
Bellevision Media Network
Mangaluru, 31 Aug 2015: The doctors and nurses from across the city staged a protest rally from Netaji Yellappa Hospital to Rani Abbakka Circle, Ullal, here on Sunday August 30, against the assault and vandalism at Yenepoya Medical College Hospital ICU on August 17 night.
The protest rally was organized by Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Association of Medical Consultants (AMC), here, Indian Dental Association also supported the protest.
The protest rally received good support from senior doctors of all specialties with active support and participation of the Indian Dental Association. The nurses from various hospitals also joined in the protest.
The protesters were addressed by Dr Satish Bhat from AMC and Dr Bharath Shetty IDA president.
The senior doctors Dr Mukund, Dr Prabhakar, Dr Polnaya, Dr Rajesh Shetty, Dr Manjunath Rai, Dr Deepak Rai, Dr Ganapathi Bhat, Dr Kishore Kumar, Dr Ravi Vaswani, Dr Tajuddin shared the solidarity among the medical fraternity.
The protest rally was concluded at Rani Abbakka circle where a strong united message was given by Dr Bharath Shetty about the violence against medical staff and warned future serious agitation if this attitude of inactivity continues by the legal and administrative authorities.
Dr Ullas Shetty, Dr Vikram Shetty, Dr Prakash Harischandra, Dr Abhijith Shetty, Dr Vishal, Dr Najeeb Behzaad were also present in the protest and coordinated the event.
The nursing, paramedical, hospital administration staff participated from all the hospitals and institutions in the protest rally.