Telangana: Junior doctors threaten strike, demand salary hike
If unfulfilled, the junior doctors would boycott their duties, including medical emergencies, and resort to strike from May 25.
By Sruthi Vibhavari| Updated: 11th May 2021 6:16 pm IST TJUDA raised four demands for junior resident doctors in the state. (Representative Image)
Hyderabad: Even as health systems in Telangana reel under the second wave of COVID-19 infections, junior resident doctors in various government hospitals in the state have threatened to go on strike demanding a 15 per cent hike in their salaries, among others.
A notice to this effect was served by Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA) on the state medical and health department on Monday. The association gave the government two weeks’ time to fulfill their demands.
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Telangana Junior Doctors Association has threatened to boycott duties if their demands are not met by May 25. They demanded hike in stipends for post-graduate medical students and interns due from January 2020, payment of 10% incentives as announced by the State government and ex-gratia to healthcare workers who died in line of duty.
In a representation addressed to the State’s Director of Medical Education Dr. K. Ramesh Reddy, the TJUDA members said that they have been regularly pursuing officials to approve 15% hike in stipends from the past six months.
They have also requested to increased bed capacity at Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) and issue a circular to offer free treatment to the HCWs and their family members.
At least 70 students suffered from gastroenteritis
Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA) Osmania Medical College students submitted a representation to Osmania General Hospital’s superintendent B Nagender on Wednesday requesting him to admit the college students who suffered from gastroenteritis. The hospitals superintendent said that beds were arranged for the students.
The junior doctors said that at least 70 students suffered from the condition and they were admitted to Gandhi Hospital and Fever Hospital. Officials said that the OMC students were not admitted at Osmania General Hospital (OGH) as sufficient beds were not available there.
TJUDAs stated in the representation that it was painful to know OGH was facing difficulty in serving its own students.
30 OMC medicos hospitalised due to ‘food poisoning’
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Food was provided by private caterer chosen by the students
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Food was provided by private caterer chosen by the students
At least 70 MBBS students staying at the Osmania Medical College hostel, Koti, suffered from food poisoning, and of them, 30 were admitted to Gandhi Hospital for treatment. The students had consumed food provided by a private caterer on the campus. Condition of the 30 medicos was stable and they were expected to be discharged on Wednesday.
The medicos started falling ill on Saturday and the college administration learnt about their condition on Sunday. Some of them developed fever and diarrhoea. When their condition did not improve on Monday, they were shifted to the hospital.
Doctors boycott duties over Centre’s move allowing Ayurveda doctors to perform surgery
The IMA demanded the revocation of the gazette notification.
By Sruthi Vibhavari| Published: 11th December 2020 5:54 pm IST
Hyderabad: In line with the Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) call for protest, doctors and postgraduate medical students in various government hospitals and colleges on Friday boycotted all outpatient duties and elective duties for twelve hours, from 6 am to 6 pm.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA), an apex body of allopathic doctors in India, has called for a nationwide strike on Friday to express its opposition to the government’s decision to allow Ayurvedic practitioners to perform medical surgeries. “We stood up for India, lost 700 doctors to Covid. Your turn now to save modern medicine from mixopathy,” a newspaper ad by the IMA said.