No stipend for 5 months: GMC Anantnag DNB Junior Resident Doctors on pen-down strike

Anantnag: For the past few days, DNB junior resident doctors of Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag have gone on pen pen-down strike demanding the release of pending salaries. The protesting resident doctors pointed out that the authorities have not paid them any stipend for the last five months.

They last received their salaries in March. In a viral video, a junior resident from the Department of Ophthalmology at GMC Anantnag stated that they have met the principal of the college, Commissioner, and the Health Secretary several times. 

"We have approached many concerned personnel including the state coordinator of DNB; however, we have only received empty promises from the officials over the past few months. Every time we brought up the issue, some would tell us that we would receive payment within a week while someone would say we will get it within a few days. However, it has now been five long months, and we are now forced to protest,” said a junior resident.

He further added, "This is a peaceful and pen down strike and we have waited patiently for 5 months for the sake of the patients but we are forced now to stage agitation and we don't even have the money to pay for our rent or food. Some of us had to borrow money to pay for our basic necessities. I request the authorities that we are not deprived of whatever is rightfully ours to claim." In the video, another resident of General Medicine, Dr. Sangram Sinde from Maharashtra stated," We have travelled from far. Some of the resident came from Kerala also." He stated that the residents thus had to pay rent and can hardly make both ends meet with no slary for months.

Commenting on the issue one of the officials informed The Kashmiriyat," These students got admitted in November and the hospital budget is prepared till October. Due to this their salary is pending from four months. Their salaries will be released in two months time."

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