The doctor’s association Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) has written a letter to PM Narendra Modi complaining against the VIP culture in government hospitals as doctors are called to politicians’ homes for testing and treatment.
The letter also said that there were no facilities for doctors working on the frontline when they tested positive while the “priority is given to politicians and their party workers who have actually held rallies and increased the spread of the virus,” Time of India reported.
The report said that central government hospitals have VIP counters for testing, allowing all party workers of politicians and ministers to get themselves tested but the doctors have no separate counters for testing.
The letter pointed out that a majority of politicians called doctors to their residence though there was no legal order from the medical superintendent to do so.
Surjitt Sahani
