2ND LEAD
Tamil Nadu doctors seek to help Eezham Tamils
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 15:41 GMT]
Doctors' Association For Social Equality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, has requested the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and Union Minister for Health, Mr. Anpumani Ramados on Wednesday, to arrange permission for them to visit the war zone and offer their services to war-torn Eezham Tamils.
The request has come from the General Secretary of the association, Dr. G.R. Ravindranath. The Doctor's Association For Social Equality is the medical union of the Communist Party of India (CPI), Tamil Nadu wing. The 400 strong doctors have already embarked upon arranging the needed medical supplies.  Members of the Doctor's Association For Social Equality participating in the Human Chain in Chennai, which demanded the Indian central government to pressurize Sri Lanka to stop the war.
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