President, Nagaland In-Service Doctor Association, Dr. Ritu Thurr in a press issued that the Nagaland In-service Doctor Association (NIDA) has expressed strong resentment over the incident of 3rd April 2020 at 11:30 pm whereby an esteemed member of the association, Dr Nosezol Sezo, an Orthopedic Surgeon, was brutally assaulted while returning home after a hectic duty for COVID-19 at Civil Hospital, Dimapur.

The Association would like the public to appreciate the fact that the fraternity can resort to immediate state wide cease work as a mark of protest but considering the crucial period of COVID-19 threat facing the society, NIDA is compelled to exercise utmost restraint as it takes the welfare of  public health as its top priority. However, the Authority concerned is expected to execute immediate exemplary action deem fit, basing on which the association will decide upon its future course of action.

(DIPR)