No implementation of Pay revision, Arrears Due Since 2016: Kerala Doctors boycott work

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The doctors attached to the Kerala Government Medical College Teachers Association (KGMCTA) across the State boycotted duty and stayed away from OP clinics and elective surgeries from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on January 29th in a protest against the non-execution of pay revision along with arrears pending since 2016. Moreover, specialist doctors boycotted work for 24 hours.

The association had earlier announced a three-hour boycott barring emergency services, including Covid duty on Friday. The Kerala government postgraduate medical teachers association (KGPMTA) too had called for a total boycott of work for 24 hours.

The KGMCTA warned that they will hold a 24-hour relay hunger strike (12 hours each) in all medical colleges on February 5. The association has further added, even after that if their demands are not given due importance, the association will hold an indefinite strike from February 9, 2021.

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"The faculty will go on a relay hunger strike from February 5 if Friday's token strike does not persuade the government to initiate talks with doctors and settle issues without delay. If the government does not announce a favourable decision, the entire faculty at Government Medical Colleges will go on indefinite strike from February 9 and boycott all services, except emergencies and COVID-19 care," the Kerala Government Medical College Teachers' Association (KGMCTA) said in a statement recently dunning the protest, quotes Hindu.