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4,500 doctors go on indefinite strike in Maharashtra
Published on Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 15:02 in India section
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Mumbai: Over 4500 doctors of the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) are on an indefinite strike since Tuesday night. They are demanding medical insurance and better working hours. Also, that their pay scales be at par with doctors in Delhi.
Resident doctors from 13 Government Hospitals and four Municipal Hospitals across Maharashtra struck work from Tuesday night. They claim that resident doctors elsewhere in the country are paid more than twice as much as they are and also have shorter working hours.
According to them, resident doctors in Maharashtra are paid just over Rs 15,700 rupees a month. While doctors in Delhi are paid over Rs 45,000 and those at the Banaras Hindu University command about Rs 42,000 per month.
Even doctors in states such as Uttar Pradesh and Chhatisgarh fare better, with UP doctors being paid Rs 39,000 and Chhattisgarh doctors get Rs 38,265.
The MARD also claims that while resident doctors in Maharashtra often work round the clock, doctors in other states have eight to 10 hour long shifts.
"When the entrance tests and all other evaluation criteria are the same across the country, then why this discrepancy in pay scales?" demanded MARD General Secretary, Dr Anil Dudhbhate.
Members of the MARD had presented their demands to representatives of the Directorate of Medical Education and Research earlier on Tuesday, but talks fell through.
Over 2,500 interns across the state have also pledged support to the MARD and are likely to join the strike. That could spell trouble for patients in Maharashtra's Government Hospitals.
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