The Medical Wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Tuesday strongly condemned the shocking assault, harassment, intimidation and unauthorized intrusion inside the Labour Room and other sensitive patient-care areas of Government Medical College (GMC) Rajouri.
President of JKSA Medical Wing (Jammu Kashmir Medical Students Association), Dr Wasim Khan, said that the reported incident involving threats to doctors on duty, harassment of female healthcare professionals, obstruction in medical procedures and unauthorized videography inside a highly sensitive medical facility is deeply disturbing, shameful and completely unacceptable.
The Association extended its unwavering solidarity to the Resident Doctors Association (RDA), junior doctors, senior residents, postgraduate medics and all healthcare workers protesting against this grave incident. It stated that doctors and healthcare professionals dedicate their lives to saving others and cannot be expected to work in an atmosphere of fear, insecurity and violence.
The Association further said that repeated incidents of intimidation, harassment and attacks on medical professionals expose serious gaps in institutional security and administrative accountability within hospitals. The reported violation of patient privacy and dignity, particularly inside the labour room where women patients were in vulnerable conditions, amounts to a grave breach of ethics, law and humanity.
Dr Khan stated that, “Hospitals are spaces of care, compassion and healing, not places for hooliganism, threats, intimidation and chaos.” The Association demanded the immediate registration of an FIR against all those involved, strict and exemplary legal action against the culprits, deployment of trained security personnel in all sensitive hospital areas including labour rooms, ICUs and emergency wards, strengthening of CCTV surveillance systems, strict restrictions on unauthorized entry and a complete ban on unauthorized videography inside patient-care zones.
The JKSA’s Medical Wing also urged the Government of Jammu and Kashmir to establish and implement a robust institutional mechanism to ensure the protection and safety of doctors and healthcare workers, especially female medical professionals serving during night shifts and in critical departments.
The Association further sought the urgent intervention of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and appealed to him to personally ensure swift action, accountability and enhanced security arrangements in hospitals across Jammu and Kashmir so that healthcare workers can perform their duties with dignity, safety and without fear. “Violence, intimidation and harassment against healthcare workers can never be normalized or tolerated in a civilized society, it added.
