Tamil Nadu: Federation of Government Doctors' Associations holds protest over promotions, pay revision
"The long-pending demand of the Tamil Nadu government doctors, the revision of Government Order No. 354, which guarantees the pay band IV at the end of 12 years, which was supposed to be implemented in the year 2017, has not been implemented till date. This has caused great disappointment and frustration among government doctors. When the private hospitals hesitated, we government doctors stood up to fight COVID-19 with sacrifice and dedication, and thousands of precious lives were saved.";
Chennai: Around 1000 government doctors, including members of the Federation of Government Doctors' Associations (FOGDA), protested near the Chennai District Collector, relating to their long pending demand for periodical pay revision and other issues.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that a few weeks back, various government doctors in Chennai had worn demand badges to work as part of their efforts to bring the government's attention to some of their long pending demands, including salary rises and long staff working hours. At that time, the doctors were planning to hold a protest in Chennai regarding this.
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They asked the government to consider their charter of demands easily. The convener of FOGDA, P. Balakrishnan, said, "The long-pending demand of the Tamil Nadu government doctors, the revision of Government Order No. 354, which guarantees the pay band IV at the end of 12 years, which was supposed to be implemented in the year 2017, has not been implemented till date. This has caused great disappointment and frustration among government doctors. When the private hospitals hesitated, we government doctors stood up to fight COVID-19 with sacrifice and dedication, and thousands of precious lives were saved."
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