30 doctors of Mayo Medical College submit their resignation over the reduction in salary
Uttar Pradesh: Amidst the coronavirus infection, doctors in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, have submitted their resignation letters to the authorities in protest as the management allegedly slashed 20% of their salaries. On June 18, more than 30 doctors of the private hospital of Mayo Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) simultaneously resigned addressing this issue. Those who submitted their resignation also included senior doctors, assistant professors, and even heads of the departments along with many other professors and doctors.
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All of them have collectively expressed anger with the non-payment of wages, the manner in which duty has been imposed, and with the attitude of the management. Doctors alleged that many times they have approached the government despite this, their demands were not taken care of.
In a mass resignation letter written to the Dean of the Mayo Institute of Medical Science, Barabanki, and signed by 30 doctors, lists three reasons as the cause behind their decision of mass resignation,
@BarabankiD during covid times salary deduction of health workers even after various court orders and insulting the senior faculties by the management for demanding their rights is nt at all acceptable we do have some basic professional and ethical rights we resign en mass today pic.twitter.com/MpHmKzMStz
— Dr Neeraj kr Mishra (@drneeraj13) June 18, 2020
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