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Even arsenic the PHC doctors began a hunger onslaught successful Vijayawada connected October 5, 2025 (Sunday), Health and Family Welfare Commissioner G. Veerapandian announced that the State authorities agreed to 1 of their demands to summation the in-service quota successful the objective branches for this twelvemonth to 20% from the existent 15%.
Mr. Veerapandian besides announced that the quota, which was earlier restricted to 7 objective branches, would present beryllium applicable to each the 15 branches.
The announcement came aft the Commissioner held a gathering with the protesting PHC doctors astatine the bureau of the Director of Public Health.
As per a property merchandise from the department, the Commissioner told the PHC doctors that the authorities was moving connected resolving their different demands arsenic well, which included outgo of allowances, time-bound promotions, among others.
The Health Department officials, during the October 1 meeting, had informed the PHC doctors that the 15% quota would beryllium applicable to each the objective branches.
But erstwhile the doctors continued their onslaught for an summation successful the quota, Minister for Health and Medical Education Satya Kumar Yadav took the contented to the announcement of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, aft which it was decided to summation it to 20%, said Mr. Veerapandian.
He added that orders to this effect would beryllium released immediately, and appealed to the doctors, who had been connected a onslaught since September 29, to resume duty.
Meanwhile, the PHC doctors maintained that the quota should beryllium fixed for 5 years.
“The erstwhile twelvemonth we had to signifier protests crossed the State to request an summation successful the seats allocated for america successful the PG aesculapian courses. This year, too, we are protesting. We cannot beryllium protesting each year,” said a doctor, participating successful a hunger onslaught successful Vijayawada.
A.P. PHC Doctors’ Association spokesperson Vinod Kumar said, “So far, we person lone been demanding that the authorities fulfil its committedness of fixing the quota astatine 20%, which had been announced by the Health Minister himself past twelvemonth successful a bid to pacify america pursuing our protests. But the authorities went backmost connected its connection this year.”
Hence, the doctors would proceed the onslaught until the authorities gave an assurance that it would not spell backmost connected its connection erstwhile again, Dr. Vinod Kumar said.
The aforesaid was iterated successful the meeting, which reportedly upset the Commissioner.
According to the property release, the Commissioner said a broad survey was needed to see the scope of implementing 20% quota for the PHC doctors for the adjacent 5 years.
‘Not feasible’
Explaining them the reasons for the government’s inability to support 20% quota for a longer period, Mr. Veerapandian said a full of 1,089 doctors, who studied PG courses done the in-service quota, would beryllium joining the authorities teaching hospitals betwixt November 2025 and November 2027 successful assorted posts, and that determination would not beryllium capable vacancies to sorb each the in-service doctors if quota were to beryllium accrued to 20% for the adjacent 5 years.
