Doctors go on hunger protest
Staff Reporter
CHENNAI, July 04, 2018 00:00 IST
In protest:Members of the Service Doctors and Post Graduates Association on a fast.K. Pichumani
Demand pay parity with Central govt. doctors
Doctors attached to the Service Doctors and Post Graduates Association (SDPGA) on Tuesday launched a fast demanding pay parity with Central government doctors at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. While three doctors are on indefinite fast to put forward their demands, nearly 40 others are observing relay fast.
P. Saminathan, State general secretary of SDPGA, said that the State government, in an order issued in 2009, assured that review of pay band would be taken up after three years, and then after five years.
“As per this, the pay band should have been reviewed in 2017 but this did not happen.
The GO also mentioned the Dynamic Assured Career Progression under which promotions are not based on vacancies but years completed in service. This too has not been implemented,” he said.
While Central government doctors received the pay band-4 on completion of 13 years of service, doctors in Tamil Nadu received the pay band-4 after 20 years of service, he said, adding, “We are lagging behind by seven years. The difference in pay is at least Rs. 40,000 a month.”
The association is also demanding 50% quota in postgraduate seats for in-service candidates. “We are also demanding that child care leave of two years should be introduced in the State for women doctors. We also want a corpus fund to be created to support the families of doctors, who die during service,” he said.
He added that the association would intensify their protest if the government officials did not respond.
Staff Reporter
CHENNAI, July 04, 2018 00:00 IST
In protest:Members of the Service Doctors and Post Graduates Association on a fast.K. Pichumani
Demand pay parity with Central govt. doctors
Doctors attached to the Service Doctors and Post Graduates Association (SDPGA) on Tuesday launched a fast demanding pay parity with Central government doctors at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. While three doctors are on indefinite fast to put forward their demands, nearly 40 others are observing relay fast.
P. Saminathan, State general secretary of SDPGA, said that the State government, in an order issued in 2009, assured that review of pay band would be taken up after three years, and then after five years.
“As per this, the pay band should have been reviewed in 2017 but this did not happen.
The GO also mentioned the Dynamic Assured Career Progression under which promotions are not based on vacancies but years completed in service. This too has not been implemented,” he said.
While Central government doctors received the pay band-4 on completion of 13 years of service, doctors in Tamil Nadu received the pay band-4 after 20 years of service, he said, adding, “We are lagging behind by seven years. The difference in pay is at least Rs. 40,000 a month.”
The association is also demanding 50% quota in postgraduate seats for in-service candidates. “We are also demanding that child care leave of two years should be introduced in the State for women doctors. We also want a corpus fund to be created to support the families of doctors, who die during service,” he said.
He added that the association would intensify their protest if the government officials did not respond.
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