Plea in MP High Court Seeks Uniform Residency Scheme Across Medical Colleges

Pointing out how the resident doctors across Madhya Pradesh are facing long duty hours without any provision for leave, a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking strict implementation of the 1992 Uniform Residency Scheme in the medical institutes across the State.

The plea seeks direction to all government and private medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh to strictly and immediately implement the duty hours of Resident Doctors as per the 1992 Residency Scheme. Directions have also been sought on medical colleges to prepare, enforce, and publicly display monthly duty rosters that strictly respect the 12-hour per day / 48-hour per week cap mandated by the 1992 Notification, and to ensure that no Resident Doctor is compelled to work for more than 12 consecutive hours without a mandatory minimum rest period of 12 hours.