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WSK on Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:53 pm
Junior doctors demand salary hike, threaten stir
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Thursday, July 2, 2009 1:32 IST
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Mumbai: It is ironic that when the country observed Doctor's Day to appreciate for their efforts, junior doctors in the city were locking horns with the decision-makers for a 'respectful' pay package. The authorities have allegedly been sitting on the proposal of a salary hike for months now despite repeated reminders.
Around 4,000 resident doctors (post graduate students pursuing MD and MS) serving government as well as BMC hospitals across the state earn Rs15,000 a month as stipend. Their counterparts in Delhi earn thrice and even those in UP and West Bengal earn double their salaries. The doctors have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from July 7 if their demands are not met.
"Our proposal asking for a salary hike has been lying with the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) for about four months now even after several meetings and discussions," said Dr Anil Dudhbhate, general secretary, central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD). The resident doctors had a meeting with the DMER on Wednesday but it did not make much headway.
"We are expected to be on call for 24 hours whereas doctors at AIIMS in Delhi have an 8-hour shift," he said. He said that the government ought to respect the fact that doctors also have to fight occupational hazards. "There are four doctors at the KEM Hospital who have contracted the dreaded multi-drug resistant tuberculosis while treating patients," he said.
When asked, the DMER said that their proposal was under consideration. "They are demanding a salary at par with the central pay scale," said Dr Pravin Shingare, joint director, DMER. "We may not be able to stop them from striking as there are no immediate solutions to their demands," he said.
Principal Secretary of medical education Bhushan Gagarani said that the DMER has been asked to submit a proposal. "They were given a hike in 2003 and now they have been demanding a raise again," he said. "If feasible, the proposal will be sent to the finance department," he said.
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Pay hike for junior doctors
SUDHIR KUMAR MISHRA
RIMS
Ranchi, Feb. 21: The governor’s advisory council today revised salaries of junior doctors at RIMS in Ranchi and MGMC in Jamshedpur, brining to an end a long-drawn, acrimonious stand-off between the medical fraternity and the state government.
Junior doctors will henceforth get a monthly salary of Rs 21,800 in the first year, Rs 22,579 in the second year and Rs 23,328 in the third year. Till now, doctors at Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) used to get Rs 17,560 per month in the first year, Rs 18,304 per month in the second year and Rs 18,846 per month in the third year.
At Jamshedpur’s Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, doctors were getting Rs 9,200 per month in the first year, Rs 10,000 per month in the second year and Rs 10,800 per month in the third year.
The junior doctors have been fighting for this for long. On December 10 last year, junior doctors at RIMS proceeded on mass casual leave, and kept up the pressure by raising their demand for a wage revision at various forums.
On December 27, they launched an indefinite strike following an attack on a doctor on the RIMS premises. While holding talks with the government, they reiterated their demand for a revision of wages.
The strike was called off on January 1 after the health secretary assured them that their demands would be fulfilled within 15 days. However, doctors launched another indefinite strike on January 16 as the state government failed to keep its word.
The strike was again called off on January 21, after getting positive assurances from the Raj Bhavan.
And now that the governor has signed on the dotted line, doctors are relieved.
RIMS Junior Doctors’ Association spokesman Meghraj Kundan said: “We are grateful to Governor Syed Sibtey Razi, health secretary Pradeep Kumar and IMA officials in particular, for their constant support. RIMS authorities also backed us.”
Among the other decisions the advisory council took today were:
• 256 new posts of officials for prisons in Ghaghidih, Khunti, Tenughat and Ghatshila were sanctioned that would cost the state Rs 2.25 crore annually
• For safety of schools, 230 chowkidars would be outsourced, but care would be taken to ensure the jobs were given to local people
• Funds were approved for strengthening and widening roads linking Chatra with Chouparan, Godda with Sunderpahari and Hazaribagh with Katkamsandi
• The Jharkhand Fiscal Responsiblity and Management Act would be amended through an ordinance
• The powers of deputy commissioners in land acquisition were revised
• Henceforth, the chief minister’s approval would be necessary before announcing rewards above Rs 5 lakh for nabbing dreaded Naxalites
Junior doctors of GSVMC go on stike
Published: July 1,2009
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Kanpur , July 1 Junior doctors of a medical college here today went on a strike demanding implementation of the sixth Pay Commission Report, causing inconvenience to patients.
According to junior medicos of the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College (GSVMC), the Uttar Pradesh government implemented the Commission&aposs report in Lucknow&aposs Kings George College (KGC) but the same was not implemented in GSVMC here and other institutes in toto.
They alleged that junior doctors in KGC were drawing a salary of Rs 34,000 but the medicos in GSVMC were getting just Rs 24,000.
Junior doctors' strike enter fourth day
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Kanpur, Jul 3 The administration of a medical college here has decided to cut the salaries of junior doctors as the strike called by the medicos, demanding implementation of the sixth pay commission recommendations, entered the fourth day today.
The hostel rooms of the medicos have been vacated, a notice put up by the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College principal Dr Anand Swaroop said.
Pressing for their demand, a team of striking junior doctors are in the state capital to meet the authorities concerned.
Meanwhile, there has been rush of patients at other government hospitals in the city because of the ongoing strike.
"Additional beds are being put up at several hospitals and more doctors have been deployed to tackle the situation," Chief Medical Officer Dr A Nagaich said.
There are about 300 junior doctors in the medical college.
- (Agencies)
Jul 03, 2009
No end to medicos strike despite hike in stipend
5 Jul 2009, 0154 hrs IST, TNN
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CHENNAI: The strike by house surgeons and postgraduate medical students of government colleges would continue for the fifth day on Sunday as talks
with the government failed on Saturday. The strike has hit services including emergency treatment at government hospitals thronged by thousands of patients every day.
An official release on Saturday said chief minister M Karunanidhi had ordered a rise in stipends of house surgeons and postgraduate students. Health minister M R K Panneerselvam held talks with representatives of the striking students, who decided to continue with the stir since the hike was not meet their demands.
They have been demanding that the monthly stipend for house surgeons be increased from Rs 4,500 to Rs 10,000 and the salary of postgraduate students from Rs 8,000 to Rs 25,000. The super-speciality students wanted a monthly salary of Rs 28,000 against the present Rs 9,000. With the working force of the government hospitals striking work, the services at most government hospitals were severely hit. While some government hospitals cancelled elective surgeries, others grappled with long queues of patients at the out-patient units.
The chief minister had passed orders to raise the stipends of house surgeons to Rs 6000. For the first year post graduates, it was raised from Rs 8,000 to Rs 12,000. The students would get Rs 1,000 hike annually for the next two years against the Rs 500 they got now. The post-graduate students would get Rs 15,000 against Rs 9000 along with a Rs 1,000 annual hike for the next two years. Students doing five-year super speciality courses like neurosurgery would receive Rs 15,000 and Rs 16,000 for the fourth and fifth year against the Rs 10,000 earlier. Additionally, house surgeons would get Rs 300 every month and PG students would get an additional pay of Rs 600. The increase in stipend would cost the exchequer Rs 9.6 crore, an official release said.
On Saturday, the health minister called the students and handed over the government statement. He appealed to them to withdraw the strike and get back to work. "It's unfair to strike work and leave patients suffering. No private hospital pays stipend. Students can't destabilise the health services. It's a stipend, after all, not salary," the minister said.
But the students refused to budge. They told reporters that the talks had failed. "We are going to intensify our strike. The minister did not even listen to our plea. We want to meet the CM or the deputy CM and press our demands. We want the amount we had asked for, nothing less," said Sangameshwaran, a postgraduate student. "The government has threatened us of dire consequences if we continue our strike. But we are going ahead," he said.
An irked minister ordered the directorate of medical education to bar all striking house surgeons from appearing for the postgraduate entrance in 2010. "We will also mention their participation in the strike in their conduct certificates," director of medical education Dr S Vinayagam said.
Sumitra Deb Roy / DNA
Thursday, July 2, 2009 1:32 IST
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Mumbai: It is ironic that when the country observed Doctor's Day to appreciate for their efforts, junior doctors in the city were locking horns with the decision-makers for a 'respectful' pay package. The authorities have allegedly been sitting on the proposal of a salary hike for months now despite repeated reminders.
Around 4,000 resident doctors (post graduate students pursuing MD and MS) serving government as well as BMC hospitals across the state earn Rs15,000 a month as stipend. Their counterparts in Delhi earn thrice and even those in UP and West Bengal earn double their salaries. The doctors have threatened to go on an indefinite strike from July 7 if their demands are not met.
"Our proposal asking for a salary hike has been lying with the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) for about four months now even after several meetings and discussions," said Dr Anil Dudhbhate, general secretary, central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD). The resident doctors had a meeting with the DMER on Wednesday but it did not make much headway.
"We are expected to be on call for 24 hours whereas doctors at AIIMS in Delhi have an 8-hour shift," he said. He said that the government ought to respect the fact that doctors also have to fight occupational hazards. "There are four doctors at the KEM Hospital who have contracted the dreaded multi-drug resistant tuberculosis while treating patients," he said.
When asked, the DMER said that their proposal was under consideration. "They are demanding a salary at par with the central pay scale," said Dr Pravin Shingare, joint director, DMER. "We may not be able to stop them from striking as there are no immediate solutions to their demands," he said.
Principal Secretary of medical education Bhushan Gagarani said that the DMER has been asked to submit a proposal. "They were given a hike in 2003 and now they have been demanding a raise again," he said. "If feasible, the proposal will be sent to the finance department," he said.
Front Page > Story
Pay hike for junior doctors
SUDHIR KUMAR MISHRA
RIMS
Ranchi, Feb. 21: The governor’s advisory council today revised salaries of junior doctors at RIMS in Ranchi and MGMC in Jamshedpur, brining to an end a long-drawn, acrimonious stand-off between the medical fraternity and the state government.
Junior doctors will henceforth get a monthly salary of Rs 21,800 in the first year, Rs 22,579 in the second year and Rs 23,328 in the third year. Till now, doctors at Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) used to get Rs 17,560 per month in the first year, Rs 18,304 per month in the second year and Rs 18,846 per month in the third year.
At Jamshedpur’s Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, doctors were getting Rs 9,200 per month in the first year, Rs 10,000 per month in the second year and Rs 10,800 per month in the third year.
The junior doctors have been fighting for this for long. On December 10 last year, junior doctors at RIMS proceeded on mass casual leave, and kept up the pressure by raising their demand for a wage revision at various forums.
On December 27, they launched an indefinite strike following an attack on a doctor on the RIMS premises. While holding talks with the government, they reiterated their demand for a revision of wages.
The strike was called off on January 1 after the health secretary assured them that their demands would be fulfilled within 15 days. However, doctors launched another indefinite strike on January 16 as the state government failed to keep its word.
The strike was again called off on January 21, after getting positive assurances from the Raj Bhavan.
And now that the governor has signed on the dotted line, doctors are relieved.
RIMS Junior Doctors’ Association spokesman Meghraj Kundan said: “We are grateful to Governor Syed Sibtey Razi, health secretary Pradeep Kumar and IMA officials in particular, for their constant support. RIMS authorities also backed us.”
Among the other decisions the advisory council took today were:
• 256 new posts of officials for prisons in Ghaghidih, Khunti, Tenughat and Ghatshila were sanctioned that would cost the state Rs 2.25 crore annually
• For safety of schools, 230 chowkidars would be outsourced, but care would be taken to ensure the jobs were given to local people
• Funds were approved for strengthening and widening roads linking Chatra with Chouparan, Godda with Sunderpahari and Hazaribagh with Katkamsandi
• The Jharkhand Fiscal Responsiblity and Management Act would be amended through an ordinance
• The powers of deputy commissioners in land acquisition were revised
• Henceforth, the chief minister’s approval would be necessary before announcing rewards above Rs 5 lakh for nabbing dreaded Naxalites
Junior doctors of GSVMC go on stike
Published: July 1,2009
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Kanpur , July 1 Junior doctors of a medical college here today went on a strike demanding implementation of the sixth Pay Commission Report, causing inconvenience to patients.
According to junior medicos of the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College (GSVMC), the Uttar Pradesh government implemented the Commission&aposs report in Lucknow&aposs Kings George College (KGC) but the same was not implemented in GSVMC here and other institutes in toto.
They alleged that junior doctors in KGC were drawing a salary of Rs 34,000 but the medicos in GSVMC were getting just Rs 24,000.
Junior doctors' strike enter fourth day
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Kanpur, Jul 3 The administration of a medical college here has decided to cut the salaries of junior doctors as the strike called by the medicos, demanding implementation of the sixth pay commission recommendations, entered the fourth day today.
The hostel rooms of the medicos have been vacated, a notice put up by the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College principal Dr Anand Swaroop said.
Pressing for their demand, a team of striking junior doctors are in the state capital to meet the authorities concerned.
Meanwhile, there has been rush of patients at other government hospitals in the city because of the ongoing strike.
"Additional beds are being put up at several hospitals and more doctors have been deployed to tackle the situation," Chief Medical Officer Dr A Nagaich said.
There are about 300 junior doctors in the medical college.
- (Agencies)
Jul 03, 2009
No end to medicos strike despite hike in stipend
5 Jul 2009, 0154 hrs IST, TNN
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CHENNAI: The strike by house surgeons and postgraduate medical students of government colleges would continue for the fifth day on Sunday as talks
with the government failed on Saturday. The strike has hit services including emergency treatment at government hospitals thronged by thousands of patients every day.
An official release on Saturday said chief minister M Karunanidhi had ordered a rise in stipends of house surgeons and postgraduate students. Health minister M R K Panneerselvam held talks with representatives of the striking students, who decided to continue with the stir since the hike was not meet their demands.
They have been demanding that the monthly stipend for house surgeons be increased from Rs 4,500 to Rs 10,000 and the salary of postgraduate students from Rs 8,000 to Rs 25,000. The super-speciality students wanted a monthly salary of Rs 28,000 against the present Rs 9,000. With the working force of the government hospitals striking work, the services at most government hospitals were severely hit. While some government hospitals cancelled elective surgeries, others grappled with long queues of patients at the out-patient units.
The chief minister had passed orders to raise the stipends of house surgeons to Rs 6000. For the first year post graduates, it was raised from Rs 8,000 to Rs 12,000. The students would get Rs 1,000 hike annually for the next two years against the Rs 500 they got now. The post-graduate students would get Rs 15,000 against Rs 9000 along with a Rs 1,000 annual hike for the next two years. Students doing five-year super speciality courses like neurosurgery would receive Rs 15,000 and Rs 16,000 for the fourth and fifth year against the Rs 10,000 earlier. Additionally, house surgeons would get Rs 300 every month and PG students would get an additional pay of Rs 600. The increase in stipend would cost the exchequer Rs 9.6 crore, an official release said.
On Saturday, the health minister called the students and handed over the government statement. He appealed to them to withdraw the strike and get back to work. "It's unfair to strike work and leave patients suffering. No private hospital pays stipend. Students can't destabilise the health services. It's a stipend, after all, not salary," the minister said.
But the students refused to budge. They told reporters that the talks had failed. "We are going to intensify our strike. The minister did not even listen to our plea. We want to meet the CM or the deputy CM and press our demands. We want the amount we had asked for, nothing less," said Sangameshwaran, a postgraduate student. "The government has threatened us of dire consequences if we continue our strike. But we are going ahead," he said.
An irked minister ordered the directorate of medical education to bar all striking house surgeons from appearing for the postgraduate entrance in 2010. "We will also mention their participation in the strike in their conduct certificates," director of medical education Dr S Vinayagam said.
Re: WHAT IS GOING ON IN OTHER STATES REGD STIPEND HIKE
WSK on Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:55 pm
Resident doctors in Maharashtra go on strike
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Over 4,500 resident doctors across medical colleges in Maharashtra went on an indefinite strike from 8 pm on Tuesday, demanding an increase in their monthly stipends. The move is likely to hit routine patient services in public hospitals, even as government officials maintained that they were prepared.
While meagre wages are what have largely instigated the strike, representatives of the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) also raised concerns over the lack of security and poor living conditions.
“Resident doctors in all states are covered by the central residency scheme. While we aren’t asking to be covered by the scheme, at least our stipends should be revised. In Delhi for instance, doctors get Rs 45,000 per month for an eight-hour shift, while we work 24-hour shifts and draw only Rs 15,000 per month,” said Dr A Dhudbhate, MARD general secretary, stating that they were demanding a revision to Rs 35,000 per month. “We have been holding meetings for nearly six months, without any outcome. We won’t work until at least some of our demands are considered,” he added.
Director of BMC hospitals DR Sanjay Oak said he was aware about the strike. He added that they would put routine services (outpatient services) on hold.
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Junior resident doctors in Gujarat go on indefinite strike
Ahmedabad, March 2 : As many as 1,500 resident junior doctors in government and municipal hospitals in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar went on an indefinite strike from Monday, demanding a higher monthly stipend.
The emergency services, particularly in the government-run hospitals, were affected since Sunday afternoon as many junior doctors did not report for work, a health department official said.
He said that since Monday morning, all the senior resident doctors have been put on duty in the emergency and OPD sections of all the government and municipal hospitals.
A statement from the Junior Doctors Association in Ahmedabad said the Gujarat government had been paying Rs.10,000 per month as stipend to the junior doctors, which in fact is prescribed in the Sixth Pay Commission for class IV employees.
They demanded it be raised to Rs.9,000 to 18,000 per month for the first year, Rs. 10,000 to 20,000 in the second year and Rs. 11,000 to 22,000 for the third year.
The Gujarat government is currently talking about offering a mere 15 per cent rise in the stipend, which is unacceptable, the statement said.
According to reports from government and municipal hospitals in Rajkot, Jamnagar, and Bhavnagar, the patients in the emergency units remained the worst affected as only a few senior doctors were there to manage the inflow of patients.
Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas was not immediately available for comment.
--- IANS
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Resident doctors’ stipend increased
Ranchi: The stipend of junior resident doctors in Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences and Jamshedpur’s MGM hospital was on Saturday increased. As per the revised benefits, the first year resident doctors will get Rs 21,834, the second year batch Rs 22,579 and the third year doctors Rs 23,326, Cabinet Secretary, P K Jajoria, told newsmen after the advisory council to the Governor met here. The increase would incur an additional expenditure of Rs 2.37 crore, he added. The approval came in the aftermath of the junior doctors calling off their strike soon after Jharkhand came under President’s Rule.
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March 5th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, March 5 (IANS) Junior doctors in government and municipal hospitals in Gujarat called off their indefinite strike Thursday morning following assurances from the government to consider their demand for a hike in monthly stipend after the Lok Sabha poll.
“We have been assured by the state government that it will actively consider the demand of the junior doctors for a hike in monthly stipend as per the stipulated structure recommended in the Sixth Pay Commission after the Lok Sabha poll. The junior doctors have now decided to join their duties back in the various hospitals across the state,” a spokesman of the Junior Doctors Association (JDA) told IANS.
As many as 1,500 junior doctors in hospitals in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara and Bhavnagar had gone on strike Monday, demanding monthly stipend between Rs 18,000 to 22,000 per month compared to the current stipend of Rs 9,600 paid to them across the state.
The spokesman said that all junior doctors have already reported on duty in government and municipal hospitals Thursday morning after lengthy discussions were held with the state Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas Wednesday night to end the deadlock.
The state government also told the junior doctors that they should not have gone on strike at a time when 56 people died in Modasa of Hepatitis-B and there were some more cases of the disease being detected in the entire state. Around 2,000 paramedics were deployed on duty Wednesday morning in the government and municipal hospitals, aided by the faculty from the medical colleges to attend to patients, in view of the junior doctors’ strike.
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Posted by: Madras Medical College on: July 8, 2009
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Resident-doctors-go-on-strike/articleshow/4750765.cms
Over 4,500 resident doctors across medical colleges in Maharashtra went on an indefinite strike from 8 pm on Tuesday, demanding an increase in their monthly stipends. The move is likely to hit routine patient services in public hospitals, even as government officials maintained that they were prepared.
While meagre wages are what have largely instigated the strike, representatives of the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) also raised concerns over the lack of security and poor living conditions.
“Resident doctors in all states are covered by the central residency scheme. While we aren’t asking to be covered by the scheme, at least our stipends should be revised. In Delhi for instance, doctors get Rs 45,000 per month for an eight-hour shift, while we work 24-hour shifts and draw only Rs 15,000 per month,” said Dr A Dhudbhate, MARD general secretary, stating that they were demanding a revision to Rs 35,000 per month. “We have been holding meetings for nearly six months, without any outcome. We won’t work until at least some of our demands are considered,” he added.
Director of BMC hospitals DR Sanjay Oak said he was aware about the strike. He added that they would put routine services (outpatient services) on hold.
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• Compulsory rural service sends Mumbai docs on strike
• OUR STANDS TOWARDS GOVT. SCANDAL
• Unfazed docs to continue strike
• Doctor’s right to strike
Junior resident doctors in Gujarat go on indefinite strike
Ahmedabad, March 2 : As many as 1,500 resident junior doctors in government and municipal hospitals in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar went on an indefinite strike from Monday, demanding a higher monthly stipend.
The emergency services, particularly in the government-run hospitals, were affected since Sunday afternoon as many junior doctors did not report for work, a health department official said.
He said that since Monday morning, all the senior resident doctors have been put on duty in the emergency and OPD sections of all the government and municipal hospitals.
A statement from the Junior Doctors Association in Ahmedabad said the Gujarat government had been paying Rs.10,000 per month as stipend to the junior doctors, which in fact is prescribed in the Sixth Pay Commission for class IV employees.
They demanded it be raised to Rs.9,000 to 18,000 per month for the first year, Rs. 10,000 to 20,000 in the second year and Rs. 11,000 to 22,000 for the third year.
The Gujarat government is currently talking about offering a mere 15 per cent rise in the stipend, which is unacceptable, the statement said.
According to reports from government and municipal hospitals in Rajkot, Jamnagar, and Bhavnagar, the patients in the emergency units remained the worst affected as only a few senior doctors were there to manage the inflow of patients.
Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas was not immediately available for comment.
--- IANS
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Other States - Uttaranchal
Resident doctors’ stipend increased
Ranchi: The stipend of junior resident doctors in Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences and Jamshedpur’s MGM hospital was on Saturday increased. As per the revised benefits, the first year resident doctors will get Rs 21,834, the second year batch Rs 22,579 and the third year doctors Rs 23,326, Cabinet Secretary, P K Jajoria, told newsmen after the advisory council to the Governor met here. The increase would incur an additional expenditure of Rs 2.37 crore, he added. The approval came in the aftermath of the junior doctors calling off their strike soon after Jharkhand came under President’s Rule.
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Junior doctors in Gujarat call off strike
March 5th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, March 5 (IANS) Junior doctors in government and municipal hospitals in Gujarat called off their indefinite strike Thursday morning following assurances from the government to consider their demand for a hike in monthly stipend after the Lok Sabha poll.
“We have been assured by the state government that it will actively consider the demand of the junior doctors for a hike in monthly stipend as per the stipulated structure recommended in the Sixth Pay Commission after the Lok Sabha poll. The junior doctors have now decided to join their duties back in the various hospitals across the state,” a spokesman of the Junior Doctors Association (JDA) told IANS.
As many as 1,500 junior doctors in hospitals in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara and Bhavnagar had gone on strike Monday, demanding monthly stipend between Rs 18,000 to 22,000 per month compared to the current stipend of Rs 9,600 paid to them across the state.
The spokesman said that all junior doctors have already reported on duty in government and municipal hospitals Thursday morning after lengthy discussions were held with the state Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas Wednesday night to end the deadlock.
The state government also told the junior doctors that they should not have gone on strike at a time when 56 people died in Modasa of Hepatitis-B and there were some more cases of the disease being detected in the entire state. Around 2,000 paramedics were deployed on duty Wednesday morning in the government and municipal hospitals, aided by the faculty from the medical colleges to attend to patients, in view of the junior doctors’ strike.
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