MBBS Bond Policy: IMA to begin hunger strike in all districts of Haryana to support medicos

NEW DELHI: Indian Medical Association (IMA) headquarters team joined the MBBS students' protest in Haryana against “unjust” bond policy for government medical college admission.

More than 500 MBBS undergraduates have been protesting for nearly a month against the Haryana government’s Rs 10 lakh MBBS bond policy. Several resident doctors associations and independent medical organisations have been coming in support of the protesting MBBS students.

To strengthen and speed up the movement, IMA-HQ national president Sahajanand Prasad Singh along with members of the association joined the agitating students at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak yesterday November 26, 2022.

Sahajanand Prasad Singh assured the students that the whole medical fraternity around the nation supports the protest. He also assured that all the doctors will come together whenever needed, if the state fails to provide the students justice that they deserve.

IMA-Haryana president Punita Hasija shared the future plan of action that will be taken by the medical association to strengthen the protest. Doctors of IMA will be beginning a relay hunger strike across all the districts of Haryana until the demands of students are met, Hasija said.

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More than 10 students of PGIMS, Rohtak were on a hunger strike for the last 48 hours, and as reported 2 of them showed severe symptoms of dehydration and were taken to emergency, the official statement by the IMA read.

The delegation of IMA also met SS Lohchab, director of PGIMS and requested him to provide 24 hours medical and security assistance to the students on strike.

IMA further called the policy an unjust one, and that it must be completely reverted back to safeguard the future of medical education in the state.