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           Friends, 
                Dear friends please spend some time to read this. U can make a 
difference. 

              As u all guys know that there has beeen lot of protests going on 
against the raise in reservations. All of us stuggle for months and years to 
make our dreams come true; No body in the government is bothered about that. 
This new policy of govt ll be a major road block in the development of our 
nation and creation of a caste free society. I want to share some developments 
occurring here with respect to this issue. 

    Abt 2 weeks back the Students Union (SU) of AIIMS (UGs and Interns) started 
the protests. they held peaceful march. Their main demand was to meet Honbl. 
Arjun Singh and to express their concern regarding the hike in reservations. 
What they got in return. Water canons, tear gas shells and Lathis. Some of the 
interns who were beaten were my friends and i could see their injury marks. 
Worse, some were girls. Sad isnt it ? Well next few days due to their constant 
struggle they could get to meet Dr Arjun S! ingh. No positive response was 
obtained. He however promised that before sending the bill to cabinet, he would 
inform the SU. The students continued to boycott their classes. Other medical 
colleges of delhi also joined. We Resident Doctors of AIIMS however were not 
actively participating. We wore black badges and attended few rallies. 

    12 th May saw a new beginning. Our medical students were brutally assaulted 
by Delhi police. Injured were brought to AIIMS. Fracture hand bone, head 
injury, blunt trauma abdomen with intra-abdominal bleed; > 300 students were 
manhandled including girls, stuffed in buses and taken to police station. I 
remember the dialogue from RDB. This incident will prove to be a final nail in 
coffin for our Congr! ess Govt. At around 3 pm the Resident Doctors Association 
( RDA ) of AIIMS announced an indefinite strike. All Junior Residents ( Acad or 
Non-acad ) & Senior Residents boycotted. Protest rally was organized that day. 

    13 th may was the worst day in the history of our Indian Independence and 
so called Democracy. Medical Students of Mumbai were beaten like animals. 
Infact animals also are never treated like this. Every body would have witness 
the brutality of the Mumbai Police.17 - 18 year old medical students were 
beaten up. Futur! e of our country treated like this? And these are the same 
Police Men who come to our OPD and ask for peferential treatment. Shame on 
them. And listen to what Bhujbal said on TV. I thought we need a real RDB now. 
This incident triggered the suppressed fire in each and every individual. We at 
AIIMS went on INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE from 14 th morning joined by medical 
students from MAMC Delhi, Lady Harding, RML Hosp, Rohtak Medical College . 
Slowly the fire spread to diferent states of our country. You know what 
happened in Blore. Calcutta, Orissa, Chattisgarh, Gujrat, Himachal Pradesh, 
Kerala boiled in protests. Students of Delhi University ( BSc BCom...)
 also joined the strike 

    The hunger strike in AIIMS continues. More than 100 students and residents 
are sitting in the heat since 14 th morning just on plain water. Believe me we 
slept in the open last night empty stomach. Its only ! when rain started 
pouring we had go inside the audi and slept there. 

    The IMA has announced comlete medical bandh today ( 15 th may ). Doctors 
from all over delhi have come to AIIMS and are holding protests. IITs and IIMs 
have joined the strike. Even patients and their attenders were of full support 
towards this cause. One man said," My father is admitted in NS department and 
is fighting for his life and death, but i declare that i have no objection with 
ur strike. I support ur movement and the cause for which u re fighting. ! Our 
country needed this." 

    All of us know what is right and what is wrong. Having said that i feel 
that each one of us should follow our conscience. I ve written this message 
because i felt there are many of who might not be aware of the exact situation. 
I request each one of u to please forward this to all ur friends, Medicos or 
Non-medicos. Every common man needs to be aware of the injustice and should be 
involved in this effort. 

    This Movement will be a revolution in our independent country and will be 
the most significant event after the British Rule. It ll be the cause for the 
rewriting of Indian Constitution where just and meri! torious people are not 
singled out and put to taste the adversities and someone else enjoys the 
benefit. 

    The government cannot hide its inadequacies in providing equal 
opportunities to the under priviliged in rural areas by increasing the 
reservations. They have ruled the country for so many decades and if in this 
time they are not able to provide equalilty in primary and secondary education 
for in dian citizens they cannot mask their failure by providing reservations 
at each and every level. Its ridiculous. The whole issue of reservations was a 
political gimmic of the present govt to garner votes. 

    Its time that things are not taken for granted by any one. Let it be a 
senior minister police or anyone else. Whole of our nation needs to get aware 
of the amount of hardwork and sacrifice we put t! o achieve our dreams. We 
should not allow anyone to make a mockery of our struggle in future.   

    Thank U Friends. 

    Dr Kiran, 

    Junior Resident, 

    Internal Medicine, 

    All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, 

    New Delhi 









       



   

          

                
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