The viral letter from JPA rejecting KKM’s demand to revise the doctor on-call rate was getting massive condemnations from a wide spectrum of individuals. They highlighted that JPA seems out of touch with the nature of doctors’ work.

Insight:

• The conversations on Doctors On-Call Rate for the past 7 days garnered around 1.8K with 10.3K social interactions. This mentions potentially reach 279.4K online users.
• In earlier conversations, most criticisms were directed towards the KKM and the Health Minister, stating that they have failed to take good care of government doctors thus causing many of them to migrate to other countries. In such a way, the number of government doctors in the country is currently undersupplied.
• However, after the leaked letter that clearly shows JPA’s callous replies to KKM’s several demands to revise the on-call allowance – the public has now directed their anger toward JPA. They stated that JPA is the real culprit rather than KKM.
• The digital sphere was flooded with mockeries and cynical remarks towards JPA for indirectly saying that there was no crucial need for doctors to stay back after office hours.
• Despite the attack on JPA, the online public still demanded for KKM and JPA work side by side to ensure the well-being and the interest of the government doctors are protected.