Police baton charge protesters and arrest YDA president in doctor’s protest
Police baton charge protesters and arrest YDA president in doctor’s protest: Police used baton-charge against protesters during a demonstration which was held by the Young Doctors Association (YDA) at Hayatabad Medical Complex today.
Earlier the doctors had announced that they were planning to close the different wards of the hospital which included the out-patient department (OPD). However the police stopped the doctors.
A heavy contingent of police had been deployed outside the wards in order to control the situation. A heated argument arouse when the doctors had tried to walk past the police officers. Afterwards the Police used baton-charge to disperse the protestors.
Since the last few months section 144 has also been imposed in the area. In result of that, the police also took five suspects into custody.
“If Imran can do it, why can’t we?” YDA President Dr Gulab Noor Afridi said while speaking to media.“If Imran Khan can protest in the Red Zone [in Islamabad] then why can’t the doctors protest at the hospital’s lawn?” he added that “Being able to protest is our constitutional right,” The president of YDA further added “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police is much worse than the ‘Gullu Butts’ of Lahore.”
Afterwards Dr Afridi was detained by the police.
The YDA had earlier protested outside Lady Reading Hospital and had even set up a hunger strike camp near Sooriya Pul.
The demands of the young doctors include’ monetary compensation for the martyred doctors, no political interference in the hospital management, security for doctors, time-scale promotions and professional allowances.
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