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  • Suit against me designed to harass doctors: Indian Medical Association president JA Jayalal

    By Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Indian Medical Association (IMA) president JA Jayalal has called the civil suit filed against him for alleged derogatory remarks against ayurveda “an elaborate design to harass the allopathic doctors”.

    He said the plea, which sought a public apology for hurting the sentiments of ayurvedic believers, prevents him from exercising the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under the Constitution.

    “The plaint is part of an elaborate design on the part of the certain section of people to seek to harass allopathic doctors and restrain them from exercising their fundamental rights,” Jayalal, along with IMA and its general secretary Jayesh Lele, stated in a 212-page reply to the suit.

    The medical association in its July 30 reply has also called the allegations bald, unsubstantiated, and not maintainable in law, adding that the application deserves to be rejected by the court with a cost. Jayalal, IMA, Lele, the National Medical Association, and the Bureau of Indian Standards are the defendants in the case.

    Civil Judge Deeksha Rao of Tis Hazari court has directed the rest of the defendants to submit their reply to the suit by September 29. The suit, filed by one Rajender Singh Rajput, has sought a public apology and a direction from the court to desist Jayalal and others from making statements against ayurveda and hurting the sentiments of its believers. 

  • Expedite COVID vaccination drive: Indian Medical Association president Dr JA Jayalal

    By ANI

    KANNYAKUMARI: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) President Dr JA Jayalal on Wednesday called for speeding up the COVID vaccination drive and warned about the threat of a third wave as the majority of the country’s population is not vaccinated.

    Dr Jayalal said, “COVID-19 is ransacking the country, the number of cases is rising in the southern states with many people struggling to get oxygen support, hospital beds and drugs. The death toll is also on the rise. The only way forward is vaccination. If we’re not pushing for mass vaccination, it’s not safe to face the third wave that is bound to occur. Mass vaccination has to be done. Centre must procure a maximum number of vaccines, decentralise even to an extent of the door to door vaccination.”

    “We should expedite the process and within a few months we should complete our target of 60-70 per cent vaccination,” he said reminding that only 18.5 crores of people have been vaccinated and that India should get 70 to 80 crores of people vaccinated to achieve herd immunity.

    “There is conflict as to when should people recovering from COVID get vaccinated. Making them wait for 6 months is a threat for them, exposing them to the virus,” the IMA president said adding that, “Government should reconsider it with scientific evidence and come out with the objective that everyone in this country should get vaccinated at the earliest. So that we will be able to have a COVID-free India in near future.”

    India recorded the highest single-day COVID-19 fatalities with 4,529 new deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data on Wednesday. Meanwhile, India’s daily coronavirus cases remained below the 3 lakh mark for the third consecutive day as only 2,67,334 fresh infections were recorded during a 24-hour period.