Kerala doctor quits IMA panel over silence on doctor’s detention in J&K
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Thiruvananthapuram:07.09.2019
Upset over the studied silence of the Indian Medical Association’s national leadership against the detainment of Dr Omar Salim in Jammu & Kashmir, a Kerala doctor quit from the IMA’s national standing committee. However, the IMA has condemned his stand and said that a team of IMA will be in Kashmir in the coming week to meetthedetaineddoctor tofind out the real facts of the matter.
Dr K V Babu from Kannur resigned from the national standing committee on media of IMA on Thursday. Dr Omar Salim of government medical college, Srinagar was detained by armed forces, alleging that he had talked to media. He was released on August 28.
However, the national leadership of the IMA has objected to the claims made by Dr Babu. “The IMA has a state unit in J&K andwewereunabletocontact them due to communication hurdles. If we want to react on an issue, first, we will have to know what exactly happened. For this our team is reaching this region this week and will be meeting the doctors there. Only then can we give a clear picture,” said IMA secretary general Dr R V Ashokan.
Dr Babu said despite several pleas made to the national leadership,they were not ready to come out in support of the doctor. “Hence, I felt there is no point in continuing in the standing committee on media of the IMA. I have no voice to speak to the media now when the leadership itself has taken such a stand. I cannot justify the detainment,” said Dr Babu.
Earlier, the IMA national leadership had come out in open against The Lancet editorial which flayed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
The editorial had said, “Militant presence raises serious concerns for the health, safety, and freedom of Kashmiri people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi vows that his decision to revoke autonomy will bring prosperity to Kashmir. But first, the people of Kashmir need healing from the deep wounds of this decade-old conflict, not subjugation to further violence and alienation.”
Dr K V Babu from Kannur said despite several pleas made to the national leadership, they were not ready to come out in support of Dr Omar Salim of government medical college, Srinagar, who was detained by armed forces, alleging that he had talked to media
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Thiruvananthapuram:07.09.2019
Upset over the studied silence of the Indian Medical Association’s national leadership against the detainment of Dr Omar Salim in Jammu & Kashmir, a Kerala doctor quit from the IMA’s national standing committee. However, the IMA has condemned his stand and said that a team of IMA will be in Kashmir in the coming week to meetthedetaineddoctor tofind out the real facts of the matter.
Dr K V Babu from Kannur resigned from the national standing committee on media of IMA on Thursday. Dr Omar Salim of government medical college, Srinagar was detained by armed forces, alleging that he had talked to media. He was released on August 28.
However, the national leadership of the IMA has objected to the claims made by Dr Babu. “The IMA has a state unit in J&K andwewereunabletocontact them due to communication hurdles. If we want to react on an issue, first, we will have to know what exactly happened. For this our team is reaching this region this week and will be meeting the doctors there. Only then can we give a clear picture,” said IMA secretary general Dr R V Ashokan.
Dr Babu said despite several pleas made to the national leadership,they were not ready to come out in support of the doctor. “Hence, I felt there is no point in continuing in the standing committee on media of the IMA. I have no voice to speak to the media now when the leadership itself has taken such a stand. I cannot justify the detainment,” said Dr Babu.
Earlier, the IMA national leadership had come out in open against The Lancet editorial which flayed the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.
The editorial had said, “Militant presence raises serious concerns for the health, safety, and freedom of Kashmiri people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi vows that his decision to revoke autonomy will bring prosperity to Kashmir. But first, the people of Kashmir need healing from the deep wounds of this decade-old conflict, not subjugation to further violence and alienation.”
Dr K V Babu from Kannur said despite several pleas made to the national leadership, they were not ready to come out in support of Dr Omar Salim of government medical college, Srinagar, who was detained by armed forces, alleging that he had talked to media
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