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Staff Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n NAHARLAGUN, 8 May:<\/strong> The doctors in the Itanagar capital region have withdrawn their strike midway after receiving a written assurance from Health Minister Alo Libang.<\/p>\n Following the attack on two doctors and vandalism at Samaritan Hormin Hospital here on 3 May, the doctors in the capital region were on a strike from their routine duties from 6 am of 7 May and were to continue the same till 6 pm of 8 May.<\/p>\n In his letter to the president of the Indian Medical Association’s state unit (IMA-AP), Libang gave assurance that the assaulters would be booked under appropriate section of the Arunachal Pradesh Protection of Medical Service Personnel and Medical Service Institutions Act, 2019, soon.<\/p>\n The minister further assured that the government is fully committed to provide a safe and conducive atmosphere to medical professionals at their workplace, where they can discharge their duties without any fear or duress.<\/p>\n Addressing reporters at Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) on Saturday, IMA-AP president Dr Lobsang Tsetim urged the medical community to resume their normal duties.<\/p>\n “We are constantly trying to upgrade our service. Mistakes are bound to happen; it is the nature of law. If there has been an error, complaints can be filed. But assault is not a sign of a civilized society. We are no gods. We are human beings. We also sympathize and empathize with our patients,” he said.<\/p>\n However, IMA-AP general secretary Dr Jego Ori said that the assurance from the state government will be closely monitored “and then we will decide our future course of action.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Staff Reporter NAHARLAGUN, 8 May: The doctors in the Itanagar capital region have withdrawn their strike midway after receiving a written assurance from Health Minister Alo Libang. Following the attack on two doctors and vandalism at Samaritan Hormin Hospital here on 3 May, the doctors in the capital region were on a strike from their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-157920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}