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Government service postgraduate doctors are not paid over a year

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Sinduja Jane    13 December 2019

Service postgraduate doctors at the Rajah Muthiah Medical College in Tamil Nadu have not received their salary for almost 15 months.

On Thursdayseveral of these doctors of the 2018-21 batch approached the Director of Medical Education, saying it has becomer increasingly difficult to balance their personal and academic expenses. Also, this being the only source of income for most of the families.

A letter addressed to the DME stated that the doctors joined post-graduation with the hope of receiving the salary amount.As service candidates, they have not received any stipend and salary is the only source of income for most of their families.

Speaking to Express, DME R Narayanababu said the salary money was being processed. He said that as per the new policy, salary will not be given to service post graduates studying in self-financing medical colleges. Salary will be paid only to postgraduate students in government medical colleges and at Rajah Muthiah Medical College.

Speaking to Express, a student said they had been making demonstrations to the government for the past one year. Nothing has happened so far, only promises that things will be set right soon. The students are still dependent on their parents for money. A source said the reason the salaries were not dispensed was the ‘looming financial crises’.

The finance department has objected to disbursal of salaries, as there is a financial crisis. They also cited there is surplus of postgraduates in the government service, therefore, they had stopped. The source said that they paid the salary only in 2016-2017. Agovernment doctorsays that service postgraduates sign bonds to take up government service after completing their course.

The government, still, keeps arguing that students are not serving the public while studying the course and therefore, there is no need to pay them salaries. The government also says that this should be addressed legally.

Source: The New India Express

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