Indian Medical Association is an supreme association of doctors which is supposed to maintain and protect the medical ethics and free work environment for doctors, but today it has emerged as a corrupt organisation which is more interested in protecting the vested interests and wrong doings among their fellow doctors.
IMA have been blocking all efforts to clean the unethical practices among doctors and also raising the standards of the nurses (especially @ Private Hospitals).
The Medical Council of India (which was governed by medical graduates) scandal which rocked the nation exposing the nexus between private medical institutions, private pharma and IMA. Now IMA is blocking attempt by government of the a more effective regulating authority. The fear is not that it will effect the free work environment of doctors..fear is that it will unearthed many unethical and wrong practices.
Strikes are to expose and eliminate the wrong doings and unjust practices and not to support it.
Medical/health structure in India need a major revamp and more accountability should be brought in.