IMA strike call; health Minister appeals to withdraw proposed strike amid COVID-19
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
In view of COVID-19 crisis, Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Monday appealed to the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to withdraw their strike announced to begin from June 23, 2020 against the proposed Clinical Establishment Act.
IMA strike call; health Minister appeals to withdraw proposed strike amid COVID-19.The Minister said that Punjab Government is ready to discuss all issues raised by the IMA over the proposed Clinical Establishment Act so that people of state could not suffer to get the healthcare facilities from private health sector during the ongoing crisis of COVID-19 pandemic. He said that Punjab is doing well to curtail the spread of COVID-19 and all issues to be sorted out amicably.
Reason for IMA Strike Call
In strict opposition against the implementation of the Clinical Establishment Act (CEA) in the state of Punjab, the Indian Medical Association has decided to observe a complete medical bandh on June 23rd.
Clinical Establishment Act (CEA) is a health regulation act which governs all the medical service providers and Healthcare facilities. It was proposed in 2010 and came to effect from 2012. However, States or union territories which have their own acts were exempted from it and Punjab was one of those States where it was not effective until authorities recently decided that it will be applicable on all the health care facilities of Punjab as well from July 1 2020.
The notification, under subsection (3) of section 1 of the Punjab Clinical Establishments (Registration & Regulation) Ordinance, 2020, brings all clinical establishments having capacity of more than 50 beds under the provisions of the ordinance.
IMA strike call; health Minister appeals to withdraw proposed strike amid COVID-19 and said Punjab Government is ready to discuss all issues raised by the IMA over the proposed Clinical Establishment Act.
June,22,2020
