No Stipend for 6 Months! MGMCRI MBBS Interns file complaint
MGMCRI Interns Allege Not Receiving Stipend for Six Months
Puducherry: Claiming that they have not received their stipend since the joining of the internship in May, the 2019 MBBS batch students at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (MGMCRI) have urged the authorities to release the eligible stipend at the earliest.
The 2019 batch MBBS students are currently undergoing the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship (CRMI), which started in May. Writing to the Dean of the institute, these interns have claimed that since May, they only received Rs 1,371 in their bank accounts.
As per the Government Order dated June 21, 2024, MBBS interns at the institute are supposed to get a stipend of Rs 20,000. Referring to this order, the interns pointed out that this order was issued with retrospective effect from the academic year 2023-2024.
Issuing the G.O, the U.T Administration had notified the deans of State-run and private medical colleges regarding the monthly stipend fixed by the government for the medical student.
According to the concerned G.O., the postgraduate medical students are supposed to get Rs 43,000 for the first year, Rs 45,000 for the second year and Rs 47,000 during the third year of their residency. Meanwhile, the stipend for the MBBS students, as per the G.O., is Rs 20,000.
Through the Government Order, the administration had also asked the Deans to adequately publicise the details and upload the same on the college website and submit the details of the medical stipend paid to the PG and UG interns by attaching necessary proof from the academic year 2023-2024.
However, the interns at MGMCRI have alleged that they have not received any stipend so far, The Hindu has reported. mentioning that they were aggrieved over being denied the stipend despite contributing a great deal during the CMRI stint as per the norms of the National Medical Commission (NMC) to the overall functioning of the MGMCRI.
Therefore, the interns at the institute have urged the management of the institute to take measures to ensure that full stipend is immediately released to the CMRI candidates of the 2019 MBBS batch.
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