On Doctors' Day, Chief Justice Ramana Raises "Issues Of Immediate Concern"

Addressing the medical fraternity on Doctors' Day and launching the ''Defeat Diabetes Campaign'', the CJI said there was a need to start an awareness movement like the anti-tobacco and pulse polio campaigns and the state has to step in in a big way.

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Thursday said the government not giving priority to the medical sector and its problems such as insufficient number of professionals and infrastructure are "issues of immediate concern" as he lamented that doctors are brutally attacked on duty for someone else's failure. Addressing the medical fraternity on Doctors' Day and launching the ''Defeat Diabetes Campaign'', the CJI said there was a need to start an awareness movement like the anti-tobacco and pulse polio campaigns and the state has to step in in a big way. "It is saddening that our doctors are being brutally attacked while on duty. Why is it that the medical professionals are at the receiving end for someone else's failure? Issues such as insufficient number of medical professionals, infrastructure, medicines, outdated technologies, and government not giving priority to the medical sector are issues of immediate concern," he said. He said the people can sincerely greet the doctors on July 1 only when the medical bodies and government agencies concerned put their heads together to address these concerns.