Telangana: Senior doctors urge govt to clear pending salaries

The Senior doctors association in Telangana has requested the Health Minister to clear the pending salaries of Senior Resident Doctors.

As per reports, the members of Telangana Senior Resident Doctors' Association (TSRDA) have requested the Health Minister T Harish Rao to clear the pending salaries of Senior Resident Doctors.

The members have warned the government that if their demands are not met immediately, they will boycott both emergency and elective services.

The letter to the Health Minister reads, “Senior residents are giving services in our respective hospitals/medical colleges where we are not provided any accommodation, travel service, or basic facilities,” as reported by Indian Express.

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Dr Rajeev, TSRDA representative said, “We completed our post-graduation in April 2021. As the country was witnessing the peak of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government instructed us to serve in the hospitals.”

"The doctors served for three-and-a-half months from May to August 15. However, they received the stipend for all the months except May. Similarly, the government has not cleared the salaries of senior residents from February this year,” Dr Rajeev added.

“Last time when the government was not paying our salaries we had to raise our voices. They don’t pay unless we ask. We want the payment to be regularised,” he further added.

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