Resident docs call off strike, to resume duty at 9am today
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Jaipur: 09.12.2021
Resident doctors called off their strike on Wednesday evening after the medical education department and representatives of agitating resident doctors’ meeting ended with an agreement.
“We will resume our duties from 9am on Thursday. In the meeting (with medical education department officials), an agreement has been signed, following which we have decided to call off our strike,” said Dr Amit Yadav, president, Jaipur Association of Resident Doctors.
The resident doctors were not working at OPD and IPD for the past 10 days and stopped work in the labour rooms and ICUs for the past five days. From December 6, they went on a complete strike. In the agreement, it has been mentioned that NEET PG counselling decision was being taken care of by the Centre. On the demand for extension of deadline for paper and poster presentations, it has been decided that principals of medical colleges will send letters to the National Medical Commission. The date of thesis submission will be extended to February 28. For Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojna, a TPA cell will be formed to do the work, which the resident doctors have been doing. Nodal officers will be appointed for in-service doctors for making procedure easy for admissions in PG courses by establishing coordination between medical education department, health directorate and medical colleges. Seats for senior residents will be increased as per the requirement. It is agreed that resident doctors will get three increment extra from the current two.
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