Govt docs to go on strike seeking better pay
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 10.08.2018
: At least 20,000 government doctors in Tamil Nadu will strike work, including patient care, by September if the government does not increase pay packages, a joint action committee of the government doctors’ association said.
Government doctors’ association president Dr K Senthil said doctors in government service get a salary that is lower than lecturers or professors at arts/science colleges, although government doctors work for at least 50 hours a week compared to 32 working hours of teaching faculty.
The doctors’ associations have kicked off a major three week ‘awareness drive’ among patients and members of the public about the service conditions and pay of government doctors.
On August 20, doctors from across the state will stage a dharna in front of the district collectorate. From September 1, doctors have decided to boycott all government meetings, classes for medicos, audits and MCI inspections. “None of this will affect patient care. But if we see no response from the government, we will be forced to boycott all out-patient care and elective surgeries,” he said.
Government doctors have made several representations to the government seeking pay parity. In March 2017, the associations submitted a 26-page document and demanded pay parity with central government doctors, time-bound promotions, similar work-based allowances and retirement age. The salary for doctors in state and central services is the same when they join duty, but doctors in central government services receive promotions in four, nine, 13 and 20 years, compared to eight, 15, 17 and 20 years in the state government.
A Tamil Nadu doctor joining a medical college takes home ₹56,100. They also get a 3% raise in basic pay every year. After nearly 8 years of service and one promotion in eight years, a government doctor receives a salary of ₹56,900. A government doctor in a medical college teaches medical students and provides supplementary support in patient care. “The special pay they get every month is just ₹100,” a senior government medical college doctor said.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 10.08.2018
: At least 20,000 government doctors in Tamil Nadu will strike work, including patient care, by September if the government does not increase pay packages, a joint action committee of the government doctors’ association said.
Government doctors’ association president Dr K Senthil said doctors in government service get a salary that is lower than lecturers or professors at arts/science colleges, although government doctors work for at least 50 hours a week compared to 32 working hours of teaching faculty.
The doctors’ associations have kicked off a major three week ‘awareness drive’ among patients and members of the public about the service conditions and pay of government doctors.
On August 20, doctors from across the state will stage a dharna in front of the district collectorate. From September 1, doctors have decided to boycott all government meetings, classes for medicos, audits and MCI inspections. “None of this will affect patient care. But if we see no response from the government, we will be forced to boycott all out-patient care and elective surgeries,” he said.
Government doctors have made several representations to the government seeking pay parity. In March 2017, the associations submitted a 26-page document and demanded pay parity with central government doctors, time-bound promotions, similar work-based allowances and retirement age. The salary for doctors in state and central services is the same when they join duty, but doctors in central government services receive promotions in four, nine, 13 and 20 years, compared to eight, 15, 17 and 20 years in the state government.
A Tamil Nadu doctor joining a medical college takes home ₹56,100. They also get a 3% raise in basic pay every year. After nearly 8 years of service and one promotion in eight years, a government doctor receives a salary of ₹56,900. A government doctor in a medical college teaches medical students and provides supplementary support in patient care. “The special pay they get every month is just ₹100,” a senior government medical college doctor said.
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