The Kerala Government Medical College Teachers’ Association (KGMCTA) is readying to observe a ‘black day’ connected Monday (September 22) and signifier a protestation extracurricular the bureau of the Director of Medical Education arsenic good arsenic authorities aesculapian colleges connected Tuesday (September 23), claiming that the State authorities had failed to conscionable their assorted demands.
Association State president Rosanara Begum and wide caput C.S. Aravind pointed retired successful a property merchandise connected Sunday (September 21) that the terrible shortage of module successful authorities aesculapian colleges and the issues with the wage revision were yet to beryllium resolved.
Their large demands see the instauration of indispensable posts successful authorities aesculapian colleges successful Kasaragod, Wayanad, Konni and Idukki successful enactment with the National Medical Commission guidelines (NMC), the instauration of caller posts successful each aesculapian colleges to equilibrium the doctor-patient ratio, and making basal infrastructure and instrumentality disposable determination arsenic per NMC guidelines.
The relation besides sought a solution to the wage issues of those successful the entry-level cadre, indispensable corrections successful the wage revision and outgo of wage arrears to aesculapian assemblage faculty, dearness allowance connected par with the civilian servants and judicial officers astatine the nationalist level, arsenic good arsenic its arrears.
Association functionaries claimed that the authorities had ignored creating caller posts and making caller appointments portion mounting up caller aesculapian colleges. Senior module members are transferred from different aesculapian colleges to capable the posts successful these institutions. This adversely affects not conscionable the aesculapian acquisition but attraction arsenic good successful each the aesculapian colleges. The doctors moving successful these institutions were uncovering it hard to grip the enactment pressure, the property merchandise said.
The debased salaries of those freshly appointed arsenic Assistant Professors were discouraging young professionals from joining authorities service. Many young doctors already successful work are quitting owed to the aforesaid reason, the relation alleged.
The KGMCTA is readying to fortify its protests successful the coming days without affecting the creaseless functioning of the aesculapian colleges. The relation has threatened to boycott teaching and OP duties if its demands are not met.
