Unfulfilled demands: YDA Punjab to protest again today
Association announces schedule.
LAHORE:
Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab will hold protests on Wednesday (today) in front of public hospitals across the province to process the Punjab government to give them a new service structure in keeping with their demands.
In Lahore, YDA’s Shaikh Zayed Hospital and Jinnah Hospital units will block the Canal Road, the Children Hospital and Lahore General Hospital units will block Ferozepur Road, the Mayo Hospital chapter will block Hall Road and the Services Hospital and the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) units will block Jail Road.
The protest will start at 11am and continue for two hours. YDA members from other hospitals will also join the protesters on the Jail Road after protesting in front of their respective hospitals.
YDA Punjab President Hamid Butt said the association’s district branches will also hold protests. Butt said the court had stopped them from boycott of work but not forbidden them from protesting. Butt said that on Friday, the YDA will protest the anti-Islam film.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2012.
Young Doctors Association (YDA) Punjab will hold protests on Wednesday (today) in front of public hospitals across the province to process the Punjab government to give them a new service structure in keeping with their demands.
In Lahore, YDA’s Shaikh Zayed Hospital and Jinnah Hospital units will block the Canal Road, the Children Hospital and Lahore General Hospital units will block Ferozepur Road, the Mayo Hospital chapter will block Hall Road and the Services Hospital and the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) units will block Jail Road.
The protest will start at 11am and continue for two hours. YDA members from other hospitals will also join the protesters on the Jail Road after protesting in front of their respective hospitals.
YDA Punjab President Hamid Butt said the association’s district branches will also hold protests. Butt said the court had stopped them from boycott of work but not forbidden them from protesting. Butt said that on Friday, the YDA will protest the anti-Islam film.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2012.