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Progressive Medicos and Scientists Forum has condemned the UP-state government for keeping Dr Kafeel Khan in arbitrary arrest for over three months.
In the latest statement, the Forum has called for the support of doctor and healthcare workers to extend support towards Dr Kafeel as a way “to save democracy.” It has reminded that he had gone out of the way to save patients during the Gorakhpur medical crisis which killed 70 children, highlighting that he “put his life in danger to save others” several times. The Doctor’s Forum has praised Dr Kafeel’s efforts in his “humanitarian work in organizing free healthcare and providing services free of cost.” The Forum has even accused the UP-state government to have been “very vindictive” towards him for his benevolence.
As a show of solidarity, the letter urged netizens to storm Twitter by the hashtag #FreeDrKafeel, and upload one-minute videos demanding his immediate release. The hashtag campaign has seen hundreds of doctors from around the country express their concerns for Dr Kafeel who was recently in news for writing about the unhygienic conditions inside Indian jails increasing the risks of COVID infection.