As Pandemic Stretches On, Junior Doctors Demand Better Pay And Work Conditions
Junior doctors say they were thrown into Covid-19 duties in hospitals with no preparation, security, benefits or thought for the disruption of their post-graduate studies. With the threat of a third wave looming, they fear they ll be stuck in this situation indefinitely.
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Bhopal: With the discovery of the
Delta plus variant and the threat of a third Covid-19 wave looming, junior doctors in government medical colleges, forced into the
forefront of India s battle against the pandemic, are worried that they will have to return to an exhausting, stressful, unhealthy and insecure work environment,
With the discovery of the Delta plus variant and the threat of a third Covid-19 wave looming, junior doctors in government medical colleges, forced into the forefront of India s battle against the pandemic, are worried that they will have to return to an exhausting, stressful, unhealthy and insecure work environment, IndiaSpend learnt through extensive interviews. If they have to be put on Covid-19 duty again, the junior doctors said they would like to be paid better and on-time salaries, allowed time to pursue their specialisation, and provided necessary medical infrastructure and mental health support at work. Junior doctors [JD], also called junior residents [JR], are postgraduate medical students pursuing an area of specialisation under senior doctors at hospitals.
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PUNJAB: The lure for the olive uniform among the Punjab youth has faded over the years as the number of youngsters joining as commissioned officers has declined. The Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute (AFPI), set up by the Punjab government in 2011, is determined to reverse the trend.
The institute has sent 162 cadets to the prestigious National Defence Academy (NDA), Indian Military Academy (IMA) and other service academies since 2013. It has been credited with securing all- India rank 1 in the NDA merit list on two occasions, besides once holding rank 1 in the merit list of Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai.
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1 The MVC recipients: Brig (later Maj Gen) HS Kler and (right) Brig (later Lt Gen) Anand Sarup.
Lt Col Dilbag Singh Dabas (Retd)
Chakra awards are associated with the bravery displayed in the face of the enemy. During war, the senior-level commanders’ primary role is planning of operations based on overall strategy and for that they need not be personally facing the enemy. They perform the most challenging tasks by formulating operational plans sufficiently simple and flexible for the junior commanders and leaders to execute.
A military operation seldom proceeds as planned because the enemy’s reaction can never be factored in since his representative wouldn’t be on board while planning. During execution, the senior commanders follow minute-to-minute progress of the battle and should the execution get stalled or even boomerangs, take on-the-spot decisions to ensure success. They are not just responsible but also accountable for the successes as well as failures. By
Lt Gen Sharma succeeds Lt Gen Paramjit Singh who became the first DCOAS(strategy) earlier this year. Lt Gen Singh superannuated on Wednesday after 39 years of service in the Army. Lt Gen Sharma, serving as the Director-General of Military Intelligence, will take up the new assignment on Thursday, officials said. The DCOAS(Strategy) was created as part of mega reforms in the Army headquarters, nearly three years after its need was felt during the 73-day Doklam standoff with the Chinese military in the Sikkim sector. Lt Gen Sharma is an alumnus of Rashtriya Military School, Bengaluru and was commissioned into the Rajputana Rifles in December 1983.