New Delhi: Candle March to oppose 7th Pay Commission recommendations
New Delhi: Showing opposition to the recommendations of the 7th pay commission for doctors, Resident doctors under the banner of FORDA are going to organise a Candle March on 1st June, 2016 .
It was reported by Medical Dialogues that 15000 resident doctors associated with various government had gone on a token one day strike on the 26th of May to show their defiance against the said recommendations. The doctors had also threatened to go on on indefinite strike from June 1st, 2016, if the government did not listen to their demands.
This was followed by an emergency meeting called by the Union Health Minister Shri JP Nadda on Saturday asking the striking doctors to put forward their demands. It is reported that FORDA representatives apprised the minister of their issues with the seventh pay commission, among other issues concerning the medical fraternity, with the minister showing a positive response to meeting their demands. The minister had further directed for an internal meeting with the health department on 31st may (today) to work out the solutions to the demand for doctors.
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