Further appeal striking doctors to consider suffering of common people
Peren, March 1 (MExN): The Zeliangrong Civil Organisations (ZCOs) today stated that the indefinite strike imposed by the medical doctors for the last more than 10 days ago has lead various hardships among common people and urged the Manipur government to take concrete measure to end the agitation.
Sit across the table with the agitating medical doctors and explore every possible ways and means to fulfil their demands considering the suffering of the common people, the ZCOs stated in a press release.
Delay in solving the issue may cause public uproar against the government as well as the agitating medical doctors as the life of the common people cannot be reduced to that of valueless commodities and rendered into unnecessary suffering for any longer, it said.
According to the ZCOs, the indefinite strike has extremely impacted to the economically distressed hills people especially in the absence of other alternative health care services centres in the hills districts unlike in the State capital Imphal and other valley districts where numerous private hospitals, diagnostic centres and health care centres are available round the clocks.
There are reports of even birth and death certificate not being processed and issued since the hospitals and its related administrative units have been closed due to strike in the hills districts, the organisations maintained.
Though the demands raised by the medical doctors seem to be genuine and requires consideration by the goverment, it is also felt it important to remember that human lives and their values are more precious and immeasurable than anything else which cannot be substituted or exchanged by anything in any manner, the ZCOs said.
Accordingly, the ZCOs also urged the striking doctors to consider the suffering of the common people and to abide in their chosen profession with professional ethics, responsibility and commitment in the service of humanity.
The Zeliangrong Baudi and Zeliangrong Youth Front in the interest of the common people urged the State Government to consider the suffering of the common people and to take up definite and concrete measure to ease the suffering of the common people and to bring an end to the indefinite strike, the release added.
