Kumar Bahukhandi
A delegation of Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) meets Union Health Minister JP Nadda, in New Delhi
New Delhi: After meeting with Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Tuesday night, the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) has called off their nationwide strike over the rape-murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
“We are calling off the strike as our demands have been met,” the FORDA president Aviral Mathur told ANI. He said,”We met Union Health Minister JP Nadda at his residence on Tuesday night. We met him yesterday as well and had put out our demands. We have reformulated the demands that we had put forward yesterday in a press release and submitted it to him today.”
He said that Union Minister Nadda took cognizance of the incident and assured the FORDA that he will provide a safe working environment to the doctors
The Union Health Minister told us that the investigation into the matter is under way. He also assured us that all the demands of FORDA will be addressed in a time-bound manner,” said Mathur.
Adding further he said, “Health Minister Nadda said that a committee will be formed which will also include doctors.”
“We will take up on the future follow-ups and will come to meet JP Nadda again soon. As an association, after a discussion with all the members, and after our demands have been met, we are calling off the strike,” said the FORDA President.
Earlier, in an outrage over the tragic rape and murder of a second-year resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College, the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) announced a nationwide halting of elective services in hospitals, starting Monday, August 12.
