Stipend Issue: GMC Cuddalore MBBS doctors, PG medicos withdraw strike after TN Govt assurance
Cuddalore: Protesting over non-payment of stipend for past 8 months, MBBS doctors and postgraduate students of Government Medical College (GMC), Cuddalore have withdrawn the strike as Tamil Nadu government agreed to pay them stipends at par with their counterparts in other medical colleges in the state.
Previously, Medical Dialogues had reported that MBBS interns were on strike for almost a week as they did not receive their stipend for the last eight consecutive months. The interns were not paid a stipend since their appointment on May 23, 2021. The intern doctors were given Rs 3000 as a stipend in 2020 while the other government colleges under Health and Family Welfare Department get Rs 25000 per month. However, they were not paid even that amount for the last 8 months after the government took over the college. Even the senior doctors were not given any subsidy for the last 9 months.
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