Rajasthan HC Committee Reschedules Meeting on Resident Doctors' Grievances

Jaipur: The committee formed by the Rajasthan High Court to address the demands of resident doctors has postponed its scheduled meeting on Wednesday. This meeting was scheduled with the intention of resolving the grievances of approximately 7,000 resident doctors from the Jaipur Association of Resident Doctors (JARD).

Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that Rajasthan healthcare services are impacted as around 7,000 resident doctors in the State suspended all services over their pending demands for a stipend hike and enhanced security measures at the workplace. Apart from these demands, the protesting doctors, who resumed their strike on Saturday, are also demanding a revision of the mandatory bond policy, better hostel facilities, and direct job recruitment based on merit for postgraduate and super-speciality doctors.

On October 23, a single judge bench of Justice Sameer Jain took suo motu cognizance of the resident doctors' strike. The bench ordered the formation of a committee under the chairmanship of the principal secretary (medical education) to hear the grievances of resident doctors, following which the resident doctors called off their strike.