382 doctors have died of COVID-19, said Indian Medical Association (Representational)
New Delhi:
The statement of the Union health minister, Dr. Harshavadhan, on the coronavirus in parliament, that he had no news about the doctors who died in the line of duty, and the statement of his minor minister that the Center had no data as health is a state issue has infuriated the Indian Medical Association. . By accusing the government of “indifference”, “abdication” and “abandonment of heroes”, the highest body of doctors in the country said that in such a circumstance, the government “loses the moral authority to administer the Epidemic Law of 1897 and the Law disaster management “. .
So far, 382 doctors have died of coronavirus, the IMA said. In the list he published, the youngest doctor to lose his life was 27 years old and the oldest 85.
But while acknowledging the contribution of health workers during the pandemic, the health minister did not mention medical professionals lost to the disease, the IMA said.
“To pretend that this information does not deserve the attention of the nation is abominable,” the IMA statement said. “It seems that they are expendable. No nation has lost as many doctors and health workers as India,” the statement added.
The IMA noted the statement of the Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey that the Union government does not have any compensation data as public health and hospitals are included in the states.
“This amounts to the abdication of duty and the abandonment of the national heroes who have defended our people. IMA finds it strange that after having formulated an unfriendly partial insurance plan for bereaved families to fight with the ignominy that the The government completely repudiates them, stares at them, “the statement said.
Such a circumstance also exposes the “hypocrisy of calling them crown warriors on the one hand and denying them and their families the status and benefits of martyrdom,” the IMA said.
In March, the Union Ministry of Health had announced that 22.12 lakh from public health care providers, including community health workers, will get Rs 50 lakh insurance coverage under a national plan.
This was the second time in two days that the government faced criticism for the lack of crucial data.
Yesterday, the Center was criticized by the opposition after stating in a written response that it had no data on the migrant workers who died during the confinement, so any questions about compensation “do not arise.”
“If you haven’t counted, haven’t the deaths occurred?” Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac called it “utter callous”, Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac tweeted: “The center does not care about the deaths of migrant workers caused by being pushed onto trains, makeshift carts And on foot to distant homes. “
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