Karnataka medical colleges told to pay stipend to interns
Mangaluru: In a major relief to PG medical students and house surgeons at Wenlock Hospital and Chigateri Hospital, the State government has directed the principals of Kasturba Medical College (KMC), and JJM Medical College, to pay the pending stipend of the medicos which have not been paid to them for 11 months now.
As per the agreement reached between the authorities at Kasturba Medical College, JJM medical college and the government, these house-surgeons and MBBS interns, who have studied MBBS under the government quota; have been offering services at the two hospitals, Lady Goschen Hospital and other designated primary health centres in Dakshina Kannada district.
The Medical Council of India (MCI) has mandated that the medical college needs to have its own hospital and it has to pay stipend for students serving in the hospital.
The basic monthly remuneration of a house surgeon is Rs 20,000, while the PG students should get Rs 30,000, Rs 35,000 and Rs 40,000 for the first, second and third year of their service respectively.
Recently on February 12th, demanding their hard-earned and a rightful stipend; as many as 54 house surgeons of Wenlock Hospital and Lady Goschen Hospital staged a protest raising slogans like, "We are not scapegoats, we wear white coats". They alleged that their stipend has not been disbursed despite a written order from Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on December 24 last year. After due deliberation and assured action; the surgeons called off their protest around 1 pm and said they will resort to the protest again if the stalemate continued, adds The Hindu.
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