The Indian Medical Association (IMA) sent a defamation notice to Delhi-based motivational speaker Vivek Bindra for allegedly calling doctors ‘murderers…
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The Indian Medical Association (IMA) sent a defamation notice to Delhi-based motivational speaker Vivek Bindra for allegedly calling doctors ‘murderers in white coats’ in a video ‘Indian medical system ki asliyat’ that was posted on social media YouTube.
According to IMA, the video has caused a loss of reputation to the medical fraternity. Hence, the doctors’ body has claimed Rs 50 crore in damages for defaming them.
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In the 9.40-minute video, Bindra says some doctors don’t know how to earn ethically and that they try to extract money from everyone, whether it is ambulances, chemists, pharmaceutical firms or pathologists. He also cites examples of how caesarean section operations have increased in the past few years.
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IMA, which is known to be a body of over 2.5 lakh doctors spread across the country, has demanded a written apology from Bindra. In case Bindra fails to do these by 21 January, IMA will initiate civil and criminal legal proceedings.
Following the IMA action, the Delhi Medical Association (DMA) too sent a notice to the speaker. “Our client has been shocked and surprised to see the impugned video as the same contains several false, and baseless averments and is a result of incorrect and grossly irresponsible publicising/posting,” the DMA notice read.
Dr KK Aggarwal, former national president of IMA, said, “what Mr Bindra has indulged in is something that I would term as violent communication. This is because such kind of communication is based on judgment. There is a need to verify facts and also understand the other side of things; that is, the perspective of doctors.”
Bindra’s video came after two cases in which two leading hospitals, Fortis and Medanta, in the national capital region were reported to have charged Rs 15 lakh for treating dengue patients.
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