Which Top 10 Institutes Providing Highest Stipend to Resident Doctors? Check Details

New Delhi: Recently, the National Medical Commission (NMC) released the data regarding the students admitted through the National Eligibility-and-Entrance Test Postgraduate (NEET-PG) examination 2023, which is available on the official website of the Commission.

Highlighting huge disparity regarding the amount of stipend paid to the resident doctors across the country, the data revealed that while some of the institutes pay the resident doctors as low as Rs 15,000 per month, several institutes pay more than 1 lakh per month to its junior resident doctors.

The top 10 institutes across India that pay the highest amount of stipend to their resident doctors are as follows:

1. University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital New Delhi: 

As per the NMC data, Delhi-based University College of Medical Sciences & GTB Hospital pays the highest amount of stipend to its resident doctors. Students pursuing MD-Anasthesiology, MD Bio-chemistry, MD - Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy, MD - Forensic Medicine/Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, MD General Medicine, MD Microbiology, MD Ophthalmology, MD Paediatrics, MD Pathology, MD Pharmacology, MD Physiology, MD Radio Diagnosis/Radiology, MD - Social & Preventive Medicine / Community Medicine, MS ENT, MS General Surgery, MS Ob-Gyn, and MS Orthopaedics get Rs 127384 per month as stipend. The institute gives Rs 120965 per month to MD/MS Anatomy students.

2. Army Hospital Research & Referral: 

Army Hospital Research & Referral comes second in terms of the highest stipend. It pays Rs 125000 per month to the MD Microbiology students as a stipend. Further, MD Anaesthesiology residents get Rs 1,20,000 per month, MD Pathology residents get Rs126975 per month as stipend, and MD/MS Ophthalmology, MD Paediatrics, and MS ENT residents get Rs 1,23,994 per month, revealed the NMC data.

3. VP Chest Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi: 

The resident doctors pursuing MD Microbiology, MD Physiology and MD - Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases / Pulmonary Medicine at VP Chest Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi receive Rs 123946 per month as a stipend, while MD-Pharmacology and MD Biochemistry students receive Rs 108799 per month as a stipend.

4. Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi: 

Hindu Rao Hospital is one of the top 10 institutes that pay the highest stipend to resident doctors. As per the NMC data, doctors pursuing a Diploma in Anaesthesia at Hindu Rao Hospital receive Rs 123946 per month as a stipend.

5. Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi:

The same amount i.e. Rs 123946 per month is also paid to the resident doctors at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Delhi pursuing MD Psychiatry, and a Diploma in Radiation Medicine.

6. ESI-PGIMSR,ESI-Hospital,Basaidarapur,New Delhi: 

All the resident doctors pursuing MD Anaesthesiology, MD - Dermatology ,Venereology & Leprosy, MD General Medicine, MD Microbiology, MD/MS Ophthalmology, MD Paediatrics, MD Pathology, MS General Surgery, MS Ob-Gyn, and MS Orthopaedics at ESI-PGIMSR, ESI-Hospital, Basaidarapur, New Delhi receive Rs 123000 per month as their stipend, revealed the NMC data.

7. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi: 

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi pays Rs 120965 per month stipend to the doctors pursuing MD Anaesthesiology, MD Bio-Chemistry, MD DVL, MD General Medicine, MD Microbiology, MD/MS Ophthalmology, MD Paediatrics, MD Pathology, MD Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MD Psychiatry, MD Radiology, MS ENT, MS General Surgery, MS Ob-Gyn, and MS Orthopaedics.

8. Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya: 

Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya also pays Rs 120965 per month stipend to its resident doctors pursuing MD Paediatrics. 

9. G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi:

Resident doctors pursuing MD Biochemistry, MD Pathology, MD Microbiology, and MD Radiology at G. B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi get Rs 120965 as their monthly stipend.

10. Employees State Insurance Coporation Medical College, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad: 

Hyderabad-based Employees State Insurance Corporation Medical College also pays Rs 120965 per month stipend to its resident doctors pursuing various specialities including MD Anaesthesiology, MD Anatomy, MD Bio-Chemistry, MD Community Medicine, MD DVL, MD Emergency Medicine, MD General Medicine, MD - Immuno Haematology & Blood Transfusion, MD microbiology, MD Paediatrics, MD Pathology, MD Pharmacology, MD Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, MD Physiology, MD Radio Diagnosis, MD Respiratory Medicine, MS General Surgery, MS Ob Gyn, MS Ophthalmology, MS Orthopaedics, and MS Otorhinolaryngology.

11. Mysore Medical College and Research Instt. (Prev.name Government Medical College):

Resident doctors pursuing MD Psychiatry, MD Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, and MS General Surgery at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute receive Rs 119800 per month as a stipend. This makes Mysore Medical College one of the institutes across the country which pay the highest amount of stipend to its resident doctors.

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