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Delhi one-year service bond policy: Doctors, medical associations oppose move

Medical associations and experts have taken to social media to opposed this move and express their opinions on this mandatory policy

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Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Vinai Kumar Saxena, via na order, announced that undergraduate, postgraduate and super speciality (UG/PG/SS) medical students will need to undergo one-year mandatory service bond after pursuing their respective courses in Delhi and this is not going down well with doctors.

Dr Rohan Krishnan took to social media platform X and expressed his opposition against the order. Calling the order "unacceptable". he posted, "We oppose the forced labour and enslavement of doctors like this".

He asked if the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Delhi University (DU) have a bond. He also pointed out that screening committee pointed out deficiencies at many Delhi government hospitals and "now planning to take the best of doctors from top hospital and send them in PHC/sub optimal hospitals."

The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) tweeted saying, "At a time when this should be abolished pan India, Delhi imposing it is an open mockery of all the efforts to resist it nationwide."

Dr Datta, Vice-President of Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) also took to social media platform X saying, "I call upon the fraternity to resist cheap labour = slavery in the name of bonds!"

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