The wage of resident docs from the central government-run Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) and the 2 related hospitals had been deducted for the interval after they had been on strike in December. Resident docs from the medical faculty wrote to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to make sure that the funds are made.
Resident docs from medical faculty hospitals throughout India withdrew from all emergency and routine providers in December, protesting the delays in NEET-PG 2021 counseling that had resulted in a one-third scarcity of younger docs at these hospitals.
The strike was referred to as off on assurance of the union well being minister that the counseling dates can be introduced quickly and no punitive motion can be taken towards the protesting docs. The minister had assured that the docs wouldn’t be marked absent and their salaries wouldn’t be deducted for the interval of strike.
“We the residents of LHMC would like to draw your kind attention to our concern of deduction of salary and leaves… and no absent will be marked during this period of strike. This harsh action has been taken by LHMC administration. We… request you to kindly look into the matter urgently and required intervention be implemented immediately,” learn the letter by the resident docs.
LHMC’s director didn’t reply to calls and messages in search of remark.
Dr Manish Kumar, president of the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) that led the nation-wide strike, mentioned, “The strike was referred to as off after a gathering with the union well being minister for which the medical superintendents had been additionally requested to return .
Unfortunately, the director of LHMC was not current on the assembly and therefore the salaries for docs from the hospital had been deducted. It was a verbal order as a result of which they confronted this drawback.”
He mentioned that the resident docs have had a gathering with the director and have been assured that the deducted salaries might be given subsequent month.
Doctors at Delhi University’s University College of Medical Sciences and related Delhi government-run Guru Teg Bahadur hospital had additionally confronted the identical situation, Dr Kumar mentioned, however that too has been resolved.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
