Doctors of different hospitals across the country observed Tuesday as “black day” against comments made by Baba Ramdev, said Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA). The doctors protested by wearing a black band at hospitals.
FORDA said the resident doctors protested against the “illogical, unscientific, demeaning and derogatory statements” made by Ramdev against modern medicine, its practitioners and the COVID-19 vaccination drive.
“Resident Doctors’ Association from across the country peacefully registered their protest without affecting patient care services. The doctors posted in COVID and essential non-COVID workstations performed their duties wearing black coloured bands. Also, they have changed their WhatsApp, Facebook, and other social media profile pictures to black colour,” FORDA said in a statement.
The organisation said they will take the fight ahead if Ramdev does not apologise or authorities fail to take any punitive action against him under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.
