Quota issue: Vadodara docs launch opinion poll

Vadodara, May 29: Striking medical students, interns and resident doctors of SSG hospital here today launched an opinion poll across the Vadodara city as part of their on-going agitation against 27 per cent reservation for OBCs in central educational institutions.

According to Junior Doctors' Association (JDA) sources, around 40 teams of doctors had fanned out to different wards in the city since this morning. They would be collecting opinions of about 50000 people in prescribed forms from all sections of the society during the day-long campaign.

Besides taking individual views on the controversial reservation issue, the teams would visit both government and private offices, educational institutions and hospitals.

The outcome of the opinion poll would be announced during a panel discussion of eminent personalities scheduled to be held this evening at the Baroda Medical College (BMC) campus, JDA president Dhiren Thakkar said.

Opposing the OBC quota, the resident doctors of SSG hospital are on an indefinite strike along with intern doctors and BMC students since May 23. To put more pressure on the government, the striking doctors are also on a relay hunger strike since May 24.

Following the indefinite strike by resident doctors, the SSG hospital authorities had already requisitioned 53 doctors, including 20 specialists, from outside to man all emergency sections and the casualty ward.

UNI

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