Govt. doctors on strike
Better pay and promotions among their major demands
26/10/2019, SERENA JOSEPHINE,M. CHENNAI
Better pay and promotions among their major demands
26/10/2019, SERENA JOSEPHINE,M. CHENNAI
On warpath: Government doctors on indefinite strike at the RGGGH on Friday. B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM B_JOTHI RAMALINGAM
Doctors affiliated to the Federation of Government Doctors’ Association (FOGDA) boycotted out-patient services and in-patient care, as part of the indefinite strike starting Friday.
The federation said more than 60-70% of the total 18,000 doctors in the State were taking part in the strike to demand better pay and promotions.
Barring emergency care, the doctors’ association decided to boycott other work after the State government failed to fulfil some of their long-pending demands – implementation of Dynamic Assured Career Progression with pay band-4 at the end of 13 years of service instead of the present 20; maintenance of doctor posts as per the number of patients; 50% service quota in post-graduation admissions; and conduct of counselling for posting service post-graduates.
“Over 60-70% of government doctors across the State are part of the indefinite strike. In Chennai, we have started to gather at Tower Block – I of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. We had stated our demands very clearly during our earlier talks with the State government. We want the government to fulfil what they had assured us,” said A. Ramalingam, convenor of FOGDA.
Emergency services
He said emergency services would not be affected as doctors were on duty in the emergency units, intensive care units, coronary care units, deliveries, paediatric and neonatal intensive care units and fever wards.
R. Jayanthi, dean of RGGGH, said the strike had no impact on the outpatient services.
Another faction — the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors’ Association — has also decided to launch a 48-hour strike on October 30 and 31.
Doctors affiliated to the Federation of Government Doctors’ Association (FOGDA) boycotted out-patient services and in-patient care, as part of the indefinite strike starting Friday.
The federation said more than 60-70% of the total 18,000 doctors in the State were taking part in the strike to demand better pay and promotions.
Barring emergency care, the doctors’ association decided to boycott other work after the State government failed to fulfil some of their long-pending demands – implementation of Dynamic Assured Career Progression with pay band-4 at the end of 13 years of service instead of the present 20; maintenance of doctor posts as per the number of patients; 50% service quota in post-graduation admissions; and conduct of counselling for posting service post-graduates.
“Over 60-70% of government doctors across the State are part of the indefinite strike. In Chennai, we have started to gather at Tower Block – I of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. We had stated our demands very clearly during our earlier talks with the State government. We want the government to fulfil what they had assured us,” said A. Ramalingam, convenor of FOGDA.
Emergency services
He said emergency services would not be affected as doctors were on duty in the emergency units, intensive care units, coronary care units, deliveries, paediatric and neonatal intensive care units and fever wards.
R. Jayanthi, dean of RGGGH, said the strike had no impact on the outpatient services.
Another faction — the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors’ Association — has also decided to launch a 48-hour strike on October 30 and 31.
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