Chandigarh, May 21 -- Dubbing the state health department's decision to suspend three senior medical officers (SMOs) and one medical officer (MO) over a low sex ratio "unjust and irrational", Haryana Civil Medical Services Association (HCMSA) on Wednesday urged chief minister (CM) Nayab Singh Saini to intervene and "revoke" suspension orders. In a letter to the CM, HCMSA president Dr Anil Yadav said the decision to suspend the four doctors was a "hasty step" that has severely demoralised the entire medical fraternity. The health department, on Tuesday, suspending the doctors had said that the "strong administrative crackdown" was the result of "deteriorating sex ratio", and "failure to ensure" effective monitoring and implementation of measures relating to improvement of sex ratio. The HCMSA president further said that the issue of adverse sex ratio is complex, multifactorial and is deeply rooted in social and cultural factors and is related to the mindset of the people. The issue involves participation not only of health department but also of multiple departments and most importantly society at large, he said. "Attributing responsibility of such a complex and deep rooted problem solely to HCMS doctors and imposing punitive action on them is unfair, arbitrary and contrary to principles of natural justice," said the HCMSA president. Urging the CM to "protect dignity and morale" of the doctors, Yadav said, "We earnestly request your immediate intervention to revoke the suspension of the four doctors and ensure no coercive action is taken unless there is gross negligence on their part. said the HCMSA president....