The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has declared that its theme for Doctors' Day, being observed today, is 'zero tolerance to violence against doctors and clinical establishment' and has decided to mark July 1 to 8 as 'Safe Fraternity Week'.
IMA's national president Dr Ravi Wankhedkar claimed that the anguish among people due to exponential growth in the cost of healthcare delivery is being misguided towards doctors.
"Such violent practices have created extremely stressful working conditions for the doctors, and the quality of service and safety in healthcare sector is being affected," he said.
"Sailing against many odds, like uneven working hours and stressful environment, doctors still are delivering their best possible services," Dr Wankhedkar said.
Secretary General of IMA, Dr R N Tandon said, "We are committed to safe, ethical, quality healthcare. At the same time, protecting our doctors from violence at clinical establishments and providing them safe, fearless work environment tops our agenda."
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