Dr Birbal's killing: Young doctors threaten protests at hospitals

KARACHI: Young Doctors Association (YDA) – Karachi Chapter – threatened to boycott all sectors of medical institutions if police fail to arrest the killers of Dr Birbal Genani, ARY News reported on Friday.

Young Doctors Association (YDA) held a meeting in Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) Karachi in which the office-bearers announced to hold three days of mourning after the target killing of Dr Birbal Genani.

YDA demanded Inspector General (IG) Sindh arrest the killers of Dr Genani. They said that YDAP will boycott all sectors if the police failed to arrest the criminals within 48 hours.

It is pertinent to mention here that an eye surgeon Dr Birbal Genani was killed and a lady doctor sustained injuries in a gun attack by unidentified assailants in Karachi.

Unidentified assailants opened fire at a vehicle on Garden Lyari Expressway, leaving a renowned ophthalmologist Dr Birbal dead and a lady doctor namely Quratul Ain injured.

Dr Birbal Genani was the former director of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and he also performed duties as the head of the Spencer Eye Hospital. He also runs a private clinic in the Ranchore Line area of Karachi.

Sources told ARY News that Dr Quratul Ain received a bullet in her shoulder and was shifted to Civil Hospital for medical assistance. Dr Genani’s body was also shifted to Civil Hospital for formal procedures.

The assailants managed to flee from the scene after carrying out of the attack. Police said that the crime scene unit was summoned to the site. They said that it was apparently a target-killing incident.

Police officials said that the car was moving from the Ramswami area when the armed men attacked the medics near a hall in the vicinity of the Garden police station.