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Docs urge TN to block dates for UG med counselling
08.05.2018
Doctors’ associations have asked the directorate of medical education to announce dates for undergraduate medical counselling. Tamil Nadu Government Doctors’ Association president K Senthil said Anna University has declared dates for engineering counselling and delay in medical counselling will only leave students more confused. State officials said that the counselling can’t be scheduled without a schedule from the Directorate General for Health Services releasing dates for all India quota. “Only when the All India quota seats are filled at least in round 1, we can start our counselling. 6Otherwise it will cause more confusion,” said director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe. The association has also urged the government to rework offer incentives for doctors working in all government hospitals in rural areas.
Blood bank urges students to donate: The blood bank in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital has urged college students to volunteer and donate blood at the bank. Last year, the bank supplied one lakh blood components in 2017, and 96,000 in 2016 free of cost. The bank also conducted around 360 blood donation camps every year. More than 39,000 people have donated blood voluntarily at the bank or in camps. The collected blood units are separated into blood components using a separator and are stored in a freezer.
Docs urge transparency in transfers: Doctors’ Association for Social Equality (DASE) has urged the government to ensure transparency in counselling for transfers of government doctors. In a statement, Dr G R Ravindranath said complaints had come up, during the ongoing counselling for transfers being held at the Directorate of Medical Services, regarding vacancies not being disclosed to participants in a proper manner. “The government should take steps to disclose all vacant posts to participants at the counselling session,” he added.
Strike threat by transport unions: A group of transport workers’ unions have threatened to go on strike again if the government does not clear their pending dues soon. The Madras high court directed the state to clear dues and increase pay scale of government transport corporation workers after the unions went on strike in January. The government is yet to release funds.
Docs urge TN to block dates for UG med counselling
08.05.2018
Doctors’ associations have asked the directorate of medical education to announce dates for undergraduate medical counselling. Tamil Nadu Government Doctors’ Association president K Senthil said Anna University has declared dates for engineering counselling and delay in medical counselling will only leave students more confused. State officials said that the counselling can’t be scheduled without a schedule from the Directorate General for Health Services releasing dates for all India quota. “Only when the All India quota seats are filled at least in round 1, we can start our counselling. 6Otherwise it will cause more confusion,” said director of medical education Dr A Edwin Joe. The association has also urged the government to rework offer incentives for doctors working in all government hospitals in rural areas.
Blood bank urges students to donate: The blood bank in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital has urged college students to volunteer and donate blood at the bank. Last year, the bank supplied one lakh blood components in 2017, and 96,000 in 2016 free of cost. The bank also conducted around 360 blood donation camps every year. More than 39,000 people have donated blood voluntarily at the bank or in camps. The collected blood units are separated into blood components using a separator and are stored in a freezer.
Docs urge transparency in transfers: Doctors’ Association for Social Equality (DASE) has urged the government to ensure transparency in counselling for transfers of government doctors. In a statement, Dr G R Ravindranath said complaints had come up, during the ongoing counselling for transfers being held at the Directorate of Medical Services, regarding vacancies not being disclosed to participants in a proper manner. “The government should take steps to disclose all vacant posts to participants at the counselling session,” he added.
Strike threat by transport unions: A group of transport workers’ unions have threatened to go on strike again if the government does not clear their pending dues soon. The Madras high court directed the state to clear dues and increase pay scale of government transport corporation workers after the unions went on strike in January. The government is yet to release funds.
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