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The Kerala Government Medical College Teachers’ Association (KGMCTA), which had earlier deferred its agitation pursuing discussions with the State government, has announced an indefinite onslaught opening adjacent week, including a boycott of teaching and each aesculapian services but exigency care.
From February 2, doctors volition statesman an indefinite boycott of each outpatient services successful aesculapian assemblage hospitals. From February 9, they volition enactment distant indefinitely from each infirmary services but indispensable health-care services, including casualty, labour room, ICU, inpatient care, exigency treatments, exigency surgeries, and postmortem examinations.
From February 11, doctors volition besides boycott each assemblage introspection duties, the KGMCTA said.
In a connection present connected Tuesday, the KGMCTA said that during a gathering held connected January 12, the Health and Finance Ministers had assured the relation that anomalies successful the entry-cadre wage revision would beryllium rectified and that the long-pending wage revision arrears owed to doctors from 2016 would beryllium considered. However, the consequent Government Order (GO) issued successful this respect proved to beryllium profoundly disappointing, the relation said.
According to the KGMCTA, the GO dated January 18 provided lone a partial allowance to compensate for the wage chopped successful the introduction cadre, without retrospective effect oregon continuity into the forthcoming wage revision. As such, the bid offers nary existent payment to entry-cadre doctors. The relation besides pointed retired that the authorities has remained wholly soundless connected the contented of outgo of wage revision arrears.
The KGMCTA noted that the arrears play includes the clip erstwhile doctors served the State selflessly during the COVID-19 pandemic, often risking their ain lives.
While the authorities ensured afloat outgo of wage revision arrears to different authorities employees, it has chosen to beryllium unfair to the aesculapian fraternity.
Doctors crossed the state who worked tirelessly during the pandemic were provided incentives, whereas the Kerala authorities — which proudly highlighted its COVID absorption — has denied doctors adjacent their rightful dues, it said.
As portion of the agitation, each world activities volition beryllium boycotted indefinitely crossed authorities aesculapian colleges from January 22. Outpatient services, on with non-emergency surgeries and procedures, volition beryllium boycotted successful each aesculapian assemblage hospitals connected January 27 arsenic a symbolic protest.
