TN Doctors' association, Health Minister discuss long pending demands
Chennai: The long pending demands of the government doctors in Tamil Nadu found some resolutions as members of the Federation of Government Doctors’ Association (FOGDA) held a meeting with Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Monday, February 27.
The FOGDA members had planned a protest on February 25, which was postponed after the health department agreed to hold talks with the doctors. Various issues like the implementation of the Doctors Corpus Fund, working time of primary health centres, and revision of doctor's pay were taken up during the meeting.
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The federation convenor P. Balakrishnan said, "The Minister has assured us to implement the orders on Doctors Corpus Fund (DCF), which was created to grant financial support to families of the deceased doctors. He has issued instructions to withdraw Government Order 225 that revised the working time of primary health centres."
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