Doctors to provide free treatment to protesters

Madurai | Sunday | 22nd January, 2017

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The initiative had been taken up in association with the Nursing Home Board of Indian Medical Association, said Sathish Devadoss of Devadoss Multispeciality Hospital, convenor of the State unit. S.

Babu, past president, IMA, Madurai branch, said the protest should not subside till a permanent solution was found for organising jallikattu without any hindrance. more-inIn its first foray into a non-medical issue, the Tamil Nadu unit of Association of Healthcare Providers (India) has decided to provide all assistance to participants in the ongoing protest for jallikattu and free treatment for those injured in the bull sport, whenever and wherever it is held. S.

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Balamurugan of Guru Hospitals said conducting jallikattu was a basic right of Tamils and the ban had come as an insult to self-respect. He felt unity demonstrated for jallikattu should be extended to farmers, fishermen and water-sharing issues..