Daily Times

Sir: While the Punjab government should not have taken such hard action against young doctors, the latter also should have eschewed unethical practices. If they feel that they are not being adequately paid why do they not just quit government jobs and get lucrative jobs in private hospitals? Why form unions and intimidate others into not doing their jobs or create unrest in other provinces as well? The market rule of ‘take it or leave it’ is not that difficult to understand, I suppose. The only victim of the stubbornness of both doctors and the Punjab government are the poor who do not have the wherewithal to get treatment from private hospitals. Doctors are not denying treatment to the rich in private hospitals; therefore, they should not take revenge from the poor who cannot afford expensive treatment in private hospitals. If they do not like their government jobs, they should leave it, and let others do it, but they should not create unrest in Punjab and the rest of the country. We already have many problems.

ENGINEER RAHAT NASEEM SHAIKH

Shikarpur