Demand for Rs 15,000 stipend for MBBS interns of Gian Sagar Medical College: Harsimrat Kaur Badal writes to Dr Harsh Vardhan
Government Medical college Amritsar had raised the issue of low stipend which later enhanced from Rs. 9,000 to Rs 15,000 by the state government.;
Chandigarh - Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Saturday demanded appropriate stipend for medical interns of Gian Sagar Medical College, Banur and asked the state as well as central governments to intervene and ensure that their grievances were redressed.
In a letter written to the Union Health Minister as well as Secretary of the empowered group on public grievance and suggestions, Mrs Badal apprised them about the finance troubles being faced by the medical interns of Gian Sagar Medical College, Banur.
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She said a large number of the interns had approached her to complain that they were not getting any stipend for working as medical interns in Government Medical Colleges which was a grave violation of standard norms laid for all medical colleges by the Medical Council of India.
"This situation needs to be corrected immediately as these interns are assisting the state in its fight against COVID-19," she added.
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