Kerala: House Surgeons on strike protesting stipend of Rs 3975 p.m
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Kerala: Protests have continued to gather momentum at Dr Somervell Memorial CSI Medical College and Hospital, Karakonam for the past 10 days, as house surgeons have remained off duty from work, here since May 1, 2016. The house surgeons have been on strike protesting against the meagre stipend of Rs 3,957 per month that they are currently being paid by the college.
As pointed out by the students, this paltry sum is way below the legitimate stipend fixed by the government for house surgeons. A government order from June last year had revised the stipend for house surgeons in all government, private and self-financing medical colleges in the State from Rs 15000 to Rs 20,000 effective from April 2015. However, the students at the said college are still being paid the amount of Rs 3957.
“We have been requesting the college management for quite some time to hike our stipend but they kept on delaying the decision. We approached the James Committee, which was to have held its final hearing on April 30. But the management again bought time and got the date extended to May 17. The management is now threatening to remove us from the hospital and cut power and water supply to the interns’ hostel unless we give in writing that we will not organise group protests,” one of the students told the
As pointed out by the students, this paltry sum is way below the legitimate stipend fixed by the government for house surgeons. A government order from June last year had revised the stipend for house surgeons in all government, private and self-financing medical colleges in the State from Rs 15000 to Rs 20,000 effective from April 2015. However, the students at the said college are still being paid the amount of Rs 3957.
“We have been requesting the college management for quite some time to hike our stipend but they kept on delaying the decision. We approached the James Committee, which was to have held its final hearing on April 30. But the management again bought time and got the date extended to May 17. The management is now threatening to remove us from the hospital and cut power and water supply to the interns’ hostel unless we give in writing that we will not organise group protests,” one of the students told the
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