7,000 docs threaten to quit govt service
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Chennai:
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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At least 7,000 doctors
working in the primary health centres across the state will submit their
resignations to the state government if the state health department
admits post-graduate students to medical colleges with fresh counselling
rules, the Tamil Nadu government doctors' association has warned.
Association president Dr K Senthil said thousands of government doctors
working in rural areas were disappointed that they may not have
reservations or additional advantage over others to get post-graduate
medical seats. Last week, hundreds of doctors went on mass casual leave
to mark their protest.
“Many live far away from home and work in remote ar eas hoping to get a PG seat. If there are no incentives for working there, this will soon become a disadvantage. They will not have access to coaching centre and will lose the experience of working in urban areas with state-of-the-art in frastructure. We feel it would be best for them to resign now,“ he said.
The department of medical education has so far offered 50% reservation for doctors in government service and special incentives to those working in rural areas, difficult and hilly terrains, but a recent high court ruling passed by Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana directed the state to provide only 30% of the candidate's NEET scores as incentive to in-service candidates who served in difficult or remote areas.
“It will be unfair to deny them the chance. Also, lack of such incentives will discourage many youngsters from joining government service.That will be a big blow to the healthcare services provided by the state,“ he said.
Other doctors' bodies have also stepped up agitation across the state. On Friday , members of the Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association gathered at the directorate of medical education complex for a protest where they hung a mannequin dressed like a doctor. “The new policy is a murder of a specialist in the state. And poor people in rural areas will be the sufferers,“ said TNMOA state secretary Dr Kadirvel. The members, he said, will leave their thumb impressions with blood on Saturday as a mark of protest, he said.
Several doctors' bodies including CRRIs and house surgeons are also protesting to ensure incentives and reservations are not reduced. In Trichy , doctors attached to Service doctors and postgraduate association (SDPGA) went on a hunger strike.
Five doctors of Mahatma Gandhi memorial government hospital (MGMGH) attached to KAP Viswanatham government medical college (KAPVGMC) sat on a protest there on Friday .
“Many live far away from home and work in remote ar eas hoping to get a PG seat. If there are no incentives for working there, this will soon become a disadvantage. They will not have access to coaching centre and will lose the experience of working in urban areas with state-of-the-art in frastructure. We feel it would be best for them to resign now,“ he said.
The department of medical education has so far offered 50% reservation for doctors in government service and special incentives to those working in rural areas, difficult and hilly terrains, but a recent high court ruling passed by Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana directed the state to provide only 30% of the candidate's NEET scores as incentive to in-service candidates who served in difficult or remote areas.
“It will be unfair to deny them the chance. Also, lack of such incentives will discourage many youngsters from joining government service.That will be a big blow to the healthcare services provided by the state,“ he said.
Other doctors' bodies have also stepped up agitation across the state. On Friday , members of the Tamil Nadu Medical Officers Association gathered at the directorate of medical education complex for a protest where they hung a mannequin dressed like a doctor. “The new policy is a murder of a specialist in the state. And poor people in rural areas will be the sufferers,“ said TNMOA state secretary Dr Kadirvel. The members, he said, will leave their thumb impressions with blood on Saturday as a mark of protest, he said.
Several doctors' bodies including CRRIs and house surgeons are also protesting to ensure incentives and reservations are not reduced. In Trichy , doctors attached to Service doctors and postgraduate association (SDPGA) went on a hunger strike.
Five doctors of Mahatma Gandhi memorial government hospital (MGMGH) attached to KAP Viswanatham government medical college (KAPVGMC) sat on a protest there on Friday .
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