The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has denounced the YDA Punjab tactics. It has also pointed out that the organisation was in no way a representative body of doctors.
A PMA official said that the Punjab YDA was on a politically motivated campaign marked by hooliganism. He said the OPD closures had been achieved by coercive methods including locking doors, abusing and threatening the registrar. “Their decision to set up an OPD on the road is a clear indication that the strike has not worked,” he said. The Punjab YDA, he said, was a splinter faction of the YDA Pakistan, the split showing the power struggle between Dr Rana Sohail and Dr Hamid Butt.
YDA Pakistan secretary general Dr Salman Kazmi said that this organisation and the PMA had agreed on January 1 that there should be a national campaign for a pay raise for doctors. He said that they would soon hold a press conference to expose the ulterior motives behind Punjab YDA’s actions.
The Express Tribune, March 6 2011
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