YDA holds protest in Lahore

LAHORE: The Young Doctors Association (YDA), Punjab, staged protests across the province including Lahore on Thursday to press for their demands of implementation of service structure, provision of necessary facilities including medicines and improvement of security at hospitals.

The young doctors come out on roads outside health facilities and staged sits-in, causing huge inconvenience to motorists. Though the YDA claimed smooth functioning of all departments including OPDs, yet ailing humanity was the ultimate sufferer as doctors stayed away from duty for attending protests. Cities where young doctors held protest demonstrations included Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujrat, DG Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Multan and Sargodha.

The motorists lashed out at both government and protesters as they remained stuck for hours in traffic. They wondered as to why the Punjab government allowed the doctors to hold protests on busiest roads.

YDA Punjab President Dr Maroof Wains accused the government of not taking steps for improving facilities at hospitals despite clear directions from the Chief Justice of Pakistan. He said that the poor were not getting medicines at hospitals. He said that improper security arrangements were causing harassment of doctors. He said that health managers were creating hurdles to implementation of already decided service structure.