Tea garden doctors resign after Teok incident

Blaminginsecurity as well as tea workers union Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS) for notcoming out strongly condemning the tragic and horrifying incident in the TeokTea Estate, several doctors in the Tea gardens have started to resign fromtheir posts.

In arecent development, three medical officers of three different Tea Gardens inMorioni area have resigned on Tuesday. According to reports, Dr Nipul Karmakarof New Sonowal TE, Dr SN Singh of Bhelaguri TE and Dr Lupa Das of Kakojan TEhave tendered their resignation to the respective management authorities onTuesday.

Onthe other hand, Dr Ravi Baruah, a medical officer in a Dibrugarh TE and Dr AjoyKotoky, medical officer of Numaligarh TE have also resigned from their posts.

Interestingly the main labour unions, which is under the control of Congress, have not come out openly against the killing even as the authorities have arrested more than 30 people, many of them tea garden resident but yet nt employees of the tea estate.

Non-tea estate working population of the tea garden is a big headache as their number is almost 40% and they do not have any loyalty to the gardens.

It may be mentioned here that there are at least 700 tea gardens in Assam and there is at least one doctor each of these tea gardens.

On Saturday a patient named Samara Manjhi breathed his last at the hospital of Teok TE. Following the death of the patient, the angry locals beat the hospital authority and Dr Deben Dutta. During the incident, Dr Dutta sustained serious injuries and referred to Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH), but unfortunately, he expired while undergoing treatment.