Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana said the โ€œgovernment not giving priority to medical sectorโ€ is a matter of โ€œimmediate concernโ€.

CJI Ramana on Thursday questioned why โ€œmedical professionals are at the receiving end for someone elseโ€™s failureโ€.

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The Chief Justice of India said this while addressing medical professionals on World Doctors Day at an event.

Ramana also launched a campaign against diabetes by a Hyderabad-based society, according to media reports.

A report quoted CJI Ramana as saying: โ€œThe medical bodies and concerned agencies in the government have to put their heads together to address these concerns. Only then can we sincerely greet the doctors on the first of July every year.โ€

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โ€œIt is saddening that our doctors are being brutally attacked while on duty. Why is it that the medical professionals are at the receiving end for someone elseโ€™s failure,โ€ CJI Ramana questioned.

Expressing his concern over the governmentโ€™s โ€œfailureโ€ to give top priority to the medical sector, CJI Ramana said: โ€œIssues such as insufficient number of medical professionals, infrastructure, medicines, outdated technologies, and government not giving priority to the medical sector are issues of immediate concern.โ€

He said, โ€œIt is a fact that the tradition of family doctor is vanishing. Why is it that the profiteering by corporates and investors is being blamed on doctors?โ€