New Delhi: RGSSH Resident Doctors call off strike after credit of two months salary

Delhi: The resident doctors of Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH), New Delhi have finally called off their strike as the administration has credited two-month salaries and has promised to credit the due salary within a week. 

The resident doctors of RGSSH have been on indefinite strike since October 23rd as they have not received their salaries for the last 4 months. As part of the indefinite strike, the doctors have boycotted elective services, including OPD (Outpatient Department) and Operation Theatre (OT). However, the resident doctors have continued their services to emergency patients already admitted in wards, and ICUs, and also attended to other surgical emergencies.

Dr Arun Kumar, Resident Doctor Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) and General Secretary, United Doctors Front Association (UDFA) told Medical Dialogues, “ We have approached the director of the institute regarding their concerns on October 7 as well as on October 16. However, we did not receive any response from the institute after which the doctors went on an indefinite strike on 23rd October. The resident doctors have not received their salaries since 25th June. The institute has said that this is because they do not have to budget to pay the salaries.”