NEW DELHI: Doctors of Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Association ofMedical Consultants (AMC), Mumbai have slammed Indian PM Narendra Modi overhis disgruntled remarks.
AMC and IMA on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressingdisappointment over his remarks in London where he had highlightedmalpractices of doctors and had also said doctors attend conferences abroadto promote pharmaceutical firms. In the letter by Association of MedicalConsultants, the doctors wrote: “Your talk has irrevocably harmed thedoctor-patient relationship of trust. We wish and hope that you can bringback the standing that we doctirs have, as trust, in one another isextremely important for recovery from illness.”
Expressing sadness, Dr Ravi Wankhedkar of IMA said, “We are all saddened byPM Modi’s remarks on Indian doctors, that also in a country(UK) wheremedical system is run by 70% Indians. Issues like medicine prices are inhands of government, not us. We humbly request PM to reconsider his remark.”
Another IMA doctor Vinod Sharma said, “Shameful statement by PM. Inconferences, we get to know new procedures and medicines. Also, theconferences abroad are never sponsored by pharma firms.”
Dr Veena Pandit, a doctor from AMC, Mumbai said, “Yes some exist but topaint all doctors as unethical is really bad, that to on a public platformin a foreign country. Failure of successive Govts can’t be blamed ondoctors.”