Nearly 3,000 medicos resigned from their posts hours after the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the striking junior doctors to resume their duties, terming their protest "illegal"
KCR Asks Junior Doctors To Call Off Strike, Hikes Honorarium By 15pc Percent For Sr Resident Docs May 26, 2021, 18:12 IST
HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has asked the Junior Doctors to call off their strike keeping in view the overall public health and the existing Corona pandemic situation in the State and advised them to join duties immediately. Keeping their demands in view the Chief Minister has decided to increase the honorarium paid to the Senior Residents by 15 per cent.
The Chief Minister held a review meeting at Pragathi Bhavan here On Wednesday with Medical and Health officials over the Corona situation, vaccination programme and other issues. On this occasion, the officials brought to the notice of the CM on the Junior Doctors’ strike.He also made it clear that the government had never discriminated against the junior doctors and their problems were all solved in the past and was ready to solve their demands now.
Junior doctors in THIS state go on strike, demanding raise in stipend
The Junior Doctors Association (JDA) in the state said that the government had earlier agreed for a revision in their stipend every three years. The strike of junior doctors in Bihar affected medical services in Patna and other parts of the state. (Image: ANI)
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Updated: Dec 24, 2020, 08:27 PM IST
Around 1,000 junior doctors from nine government medical colleges in Bihar on Wednesday (December 23) went on an indefinite strike to demand a raise in their monthly stipend.
They demand an increase in the monthly stipend for PG courses to Rs 80,000 in the first year, Rs 85,000 in the second year, and Rs 90,000 in the third year. They currently get Rs 50,000, Rs 55,000, and Rs 60,000 for the three years respectively.