Doctors protest in Multan

City, district administration increase security to avoid untoward incident

MULTAN: Doctors on Thursday protested in the wake of Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) rampage by abstaining to provide services at the outdoor patients department of public hospitals.

Outdoor patient departments of all public and district hospitals’ including those of Nishtar Hospital and Children’s Hospital Multan were kept locked by the doctors. They attempted to express solidarity with their fraternity members who suffered victimization by lawyers at Lahore.

The doctors held a protest outside Nishtar Hospital Emergency Ward where Dr Ali Abuzar, Dr Rashid and others spoke and condemned alleged manhandling of doctors during treatment of patients. Meanwhile, city and district administration beefed up security around hospitals to prevent any untoward incident.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 13^th, 2019.