Medicos call for 'civil disobedience' on Thursday

NEW DELHI: With no breakthrough in resolving the quota issue coming, striking medicos have called for 'civil disobedience' by professionals to be observed here on Thursday.

"We are asking various groups such as traders, resident welfare associations, bank personnel and members of bar associations not to work tomorrow from 9 am to 12 pm," Dr Vinod Patro, president of AIIMS Resident Doctors' Association, said.

e move is being supported by the Delhi Medical Association and the Indian Medical Association. Te DMA would also organise a dharna at AIIMS on Thursday between 11 am and 5 am to support the medicos' agitation.

Patro said medicos were planning to organise a Delhi Chalo rally on May 28. Efforts were being made to garner support from all over the country for this rally. The rally is likely to be organised from Ramlila Maidan to Jantar Mantar.

About the walk-in interviews in hospitals for appointment of resident doctors, he claimed no interviews were carried out in GTB and DDU hospitals while only three-four candidates appeared in interviews at Maulana Azad hospital.