Resident doctors in Hyderabad to go on a strike if unpaid stipend and salaries not cleared

Hyderabad: Resident doctors from 18 government medical colleges sent T Harish Rao a letter on Tuesday requesting that unpaid stipends and salaries be paid.

Doctors have threatened to stop providing emergency and elective care if the situation is not resolved right away because stipend payments have been outstanding for three to seven months.

Salary payments have been delayed for seven months at Mahbubnagar's Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital and Government Medical College. While payment delays at other universities range from three to five months. Senior residents pay at the ENT Hospital, Chest Hospital, MNJ Cancer Research Institute, and Osmania Medical College have been unpaid for three months.

“Senior residents are giving services in our respective hospitals/medical colleges where we are not provided with accommodation, travel service or basic facilities. Many of our senior residents are married and need to look after their families. Some college senior residents have not been given salaries since they joined in November, while others have dues for three months. If this genuine demand of ours is not met we are ready to boycott both emergency and elective services in all medical colleges,” the Telangana Senior Resident Doctors Association (TSRDA) said in their letter to the health minister according to TOI.