600 RIMS Doctors on Protest, demand implementation of Seventh Pay Commission
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Ranchi: Around 600 resident doctors at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi were seem wearing black badges at work and around 50 doctors staged a protest in front of the director DK Singh's office demanding implementation of seventh pay Commission and other pending demands.
The protest, however, did not cause any hardship for the patients as the doctors remained on duty during the protest.
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Dr Ajit Kumar, president, Junior Doctor's Association of RIMS told TOI, "Following our strike in June last year, the health minister had promised to settle our demands — which included the implementation of Pay Commission and filling vacant positions of doctors and nurses — within 15 days. The demands were also approved in the governing body meeting on July 12. However, seven months have passed and nothing has moved."
The protest, however, did not cause any hardship for the patients as the doctors remained on duty during the protest.
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Dr Ajit Kumar, president, Junior Doctor's Association of RIMS told TOI, "Following our strike in June last year, the health minister had promised to settle our demands — which included the implementation of Pay Commission and filling vacant positions of doctors and nurses — within 15 days. The demands were also approved in the governing body meeting on July 12. However, seven months have passed and nothing has moved."
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