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Doctors moving successful the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) crossed the State continued their onslaught connected the 5th time connected October 4, 2025 (Saturday) successful enactment of their demands that included an summation successful the in-service quota and outgo of allowances.
The doctors, numbering much than 2,800, stopped attending to each the out-patient services from Monday and exigency services from Tuesday evening. There was a ‘Chalo Vijayawada’ protestation connected Saturday.
A.P. PHC Doctors’ Association spokesperson Vinod Kumar said the relation had urged the authorities to springiness successful penning that the in-service quota, erstwhile finalised, would beryllium fixed for the upcoming years.
“We bash not privation to beryllium protesting each twelvemonth for our demands,” Dr. Vinod Kumar said. But, according to him, the authorities was not consenting to springiness it successful writing.
The erstwhile year, too, the doctors had staged Statewide protests erstwhile the State authorities slashed preservation earmarked for in-service candidates for admissions to PG aesculapian courses from 30% to 15% successful objective branches and 50% to 30% successful non-clinical branches.
The doctors withdrew their protests aft Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav had assured them that the quota successful objective branches would beryllium accrued to 20%. However, successful August this year, the authorities went backmost connected its connection and released a G.O. finalising the quota successful objective branches astatine 15%, which triggered the ongoing strike.
The doctors besides request allowances for those moving successful the tribal areas and Sanchara Chikitsa allowances.
On this, the wellness officials had told the representatives connected Wednesday that a study would person to beryllium submitted to the Finance Department. Regarding time-bound promotions, the officials said they would beryllium fixed without fiscal benefits.
But the relation members recovered it futile. “Without fiscal benefit, a promotion volition conscionable mean a alteration successful the post,” said Dr. Vinod Kumar.
“We person besides asked them to springiness it successful penning that a study volition beryllium sent to the Finance Department successful 2 months. Until we get an assurance, we volition proceed our strike,” helium said.
The relation announced that a hunger onslaught would beryllium held connected Sunday successful Vijayawada. The PHC doctors received enactment from the United Medical and Health Employees’ Association, CITU, Praja Arogya Vedika, and ASHAs.
