Doctors clash with Delhi police at Safdarjung Hospital over NEET counselling

Police detain doctors staging a protest in Delhi over postponement of National Eligibility Entrance Test postgraduate. Pic/PTI

Resident doctors of major government hospitals in Delhi who were marching towards the Supreme Court had a faceoff with policemen at Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday.

The doctors in the national capital who have been on a protest against delays in holding NEET-PG counseling have said that they will continue their agitation until their demands are met.

"Today also we are trying to march towards Supreme Court. Yesterday we tried to go but Police stopped us and beat up our resident doctors," says a protester

According to NDTV reports, the doctors' groups in Delhi have also threatened a complete shutdown of medical services.

All the gates at Safdarjung Hospital have been closed to stop the protesting doctors from leaving, reports claimed.

On Monday, Delhi Police claimed that a total of seven of its personnel were injured during the protest of resident doctors near ITO.

"An FIR has been registered under Section 188 and other sections for causing obstruction in the duty of police personnel, and damaging public property during the protest," the police said.

Meanwhile, Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) on in a statement alleged "police brutality" during the march, calling a complete shutdown of all healthcare institutions from Monday onwards.

With inputs from agencies