Kanpur: With four medicos in private
clinics being booked under the SC/ST Act after patients
belonging to dalit community died while undergoing treatment,
doctors in the district have expressed apprehension that it
could set off a wrong trend.
Devendra Lal Chandani, Kanpur head of the Indian
Medical Association, said that the doctors are afraid to take
up cases, especially when patients are being brought to them
in critical condition, after the recent incidents.
"Four private doctors have been booked under the
Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act and Section 304 (culpable homicide not
amounting to murder). A woman doctor even had to spend 45 days
in jail," he said.
Chandani said that the issue was being discussed by
IMA members here. "We are trying to find a solution," he said
adding that there should not be any hasty move by police in
such cases.
"The government should also consider the issue and
help find a middle way," he said.
PTI
