District doctors abstain work for two days
The outdoor services will remain suspended both in private and government hospitals, cold operations (planned surgeries) will also remain suspended for two days. However, emergency services will be on.
Motivational speaker Dr Vivek Bindra, who posted a video ‘Reality of medical system in India — The case study’ on his YouTube channel, listing malpractices by some hospitals and medical practitioners, has allegedly been receiving life-threatening calls since. The members of Indian Medical Association have also sent a legal notice and sought damages of Rs. 50 cr.
“We are responding to their legal notice and also lodging FIR against the miscreants,” a statement from Dr Bindra’s office said.
The statement said Indian Medical Association members are using social media tools to malign Dr Bindra’s image for an educational video showcasing the dark and bright side of medical profession. “In a democracy where freedom of speech is always celebrated, it is very dis-heartening that we are getting life threatening calls for merely stating the facts which are already a popular talk of the town,” the statement said.
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The statement also junked the allegations that Dr Bindra did this to gain popularity, saying he has subscribership of about 2 million people and a viewership of more than 9 crore on the YouTube channel and there was no question of doing this for publicity.
Dr Bindra said, “This video is actually not against doctors and medical practitioners but against the malpractices prevalent in the current medical system. It is an educational video which emphasizes on doing profession ethically by scaling up their profession by applying economies of scale. The whole reason to create this video was inspired by the recent mis-happenings in reputed private hospitals that were covered by media by large. Instead of owning up the wrongs and rectifying the flaws in the current medical system, IMA have been trying to divert the attention of public by sending defamation notice.”
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