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Care: Police offers flowers to medicos in Srinagar

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Srinagar: After Doctors here in Srinagar staged protests for alleged harassment by police officials during their travel to hospitals and clinics police on Wednesday honoured several front line Covid-19 workers by offering them flowers.
“Today in a good will gesture city police distributed red roses among the doctors at LD hospital as a mark of love and respect for doctors, a message that police holds doctors who are covid warriors in a high esteem,” said a police official.
Notably, doctors at a super-speciality hospital in Shireenbagh on Tuesday held a token protest against the alleged harassment of healthcare professionals by police in Kashmir.
The doctors were holding posters that read “they may stop us, beat us, strip us, arrest us but we will always be there for you”.
A video of Chief Medical Officer, Bandipora, Dr Tajamul Hussain being stopped by police has gone viral on social media.
The medical officer was on way to inspect a quarantine centre and sample collection centre in the north Kashmir district.
Last week, a senior doctor was allegedly humiliated and detained for a day by policemen in Srinagar while he was on way to the hospital.
Dr Syed Maqbool, a senior cardiologist, had alleged that he was beaten up and abused by the policemen.
The incident has sparked outrage in the medical fraternity with Principal, Government Medical College Srinagar, Dr Samia Rashid calling for a swift action.
After the incident came to light, SSP, Srinagar, Haseeb Mughal had ordered a probe into it. He had said a complaint has been registered against the doctor for allegedly preventing a policeman from doing his duty.
On Tuesday IGP Kashmir held a meeting through video conferencing with all range Deputy Inspector Generals’ and all Senior Superintendents of police, asking them to “brief” all Police officers and personnel deployed at COVID related duties and at other naka points to facilitate the COVID-19 warriors smoothly.
Notably, police officials also visited several healthcare facilities across Kashmir valley and offered flowers and sweets to the front line Covid-19 healthcare workers.


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