Tamil Nadu Stipend Hike: CRRIs to get Rs 20,000, PG, SS medicos also get raise
The payment will be with effect from April 2018
Chennai: Finding the demand for ‘stipend hike’ genuine, the state government has raised the salaries of medicos in Under-Graduate (UG), Post-graduate (PG) and super speciality courses. The hike has also been granted to nurses working on a contract basis.
Last year, more than 3,000 contract nurses struck work demanding higher pay scale. Whereas this June, PG students along with UG residents and super speciality students had given a call for a strike if the government does not increase their stipends.
At that time, Director of Medical Education, Dr A Edwin Joe informed that a study by his department revealed that house surgeons, PG students, and super speciality students were receiving the lowest in the state of Tamil Nadu.
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Agreeing with the observation, the state government finally granted relief to the medicos. State Health Minister C Vijayabaskar told TOI, “The salary revision was cleared by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and the payment will be with effect from April 2018.”
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