SRINAGAR: For the previous eight months, medical interns in Kashmir have been awaiting a stipend hike regardless of the formation of a committee by the Well being and Medical Training Division. Established eight months in the past, the committee aimed to handle the difficulty and enhance the month-to-month stipend for interns, presently at a meagre Rs 12,500.
The Every day Excelsior reported that interns throughout varied Medical Schools in Kashmir, hopeful after the committee’s structure, now discover themselves in despair because of the undue delay. Regardless of working diligently, typically placing in further hours and performing duties corresponding to resident medical doctors, they obtain compensation decrease than every day laborer’s.
The Well being and Medical Training Division shaped a four-member committee in June final 12 months to evaluate the monetary implications of enhancing the stipend for MBBS/BDS interns.
The committee, comprised of members from the Director of Finance, Principals of Authorities Medical Schools, Director (Coordination) of New Authorities Medical Schools, and Principals of Authorities Dental Schools, submitted a report in April recommending a 50 % enhance, equal to Rs 26,350 month-to-month primarily based on the fundamental pay of a Medical Officer.
Nevertheless, an unexplained delay has halted progress, leaving interns pissed off. A scholar at Authorities Medical Faculty Baramulla expressed disappointment, stating that the federal government has by no means proven seriousness about this concern leaving us in limbo for eight months. ”We’ve got been fed up now as nobody is listening to us. To whom we are going to enchantment now,’’ he questioned.
In the meantime, the scholars appealed to the Secretary of Well being and Medical Training, Syed Abid Rasheed to look into the matter in order that they might breathe a sigh of aid.
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