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Doctors strike in Patna | Hundreds of junior doctors at the state-run Medical College Hospital (PMCH) in Patna went on an indefinite strike on Tuesday demanding hike in their stipend. The interns are seeking an increase in their stipend from rupees
15,000 to rupees 25,000. The government they say, hasn't heeded their plea since
August forcing them to go on strike. "We have only been getting assurances from
the government that in one or two months our salaries will rise. This delay made
us go on strike on August 26. We were then assured by the Health Minister that
our salaries would increase to rupees 25,000 and a committee would be set up to
look into our other demands. But nothing happened," said Dhananjay Kumar, President,
Junior Doctor's Association, Patna . The strike is likely to cripple services
in the government-run hospital. "We had come to PMC. They told us here that doctors
have gone on strike so all the patients are being shifted to other hospitals.
Some suggested us to go to NMCA and some told us of other hospitals. We just don't
understand where to go at this moment of emergency," said Rohit Sah, kin of a
patient. |
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