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As the Primary Health Centre (PHC) doctors’ strike entered the 3rd time connected Wednesday (October 1, 2025), officials from the section of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, A.P., person agreed to allocate in-service quota to each 15 objective branches alternatively of conscionable 7.
According to an authoritative merchandise from the department, Principal Secretary Saurabh Gaur and Health and Family Welfare Commissioner G. Veerapandian held a treatment with the representatives of the A.P. Primary Health Centres’ Doctors’ Association connected Wednesday evening astatine the Secretariat.
The PHC doctors, who suspended each services, some outpatient and emergency, astatine each PHCs successful Andhra Pradesh from Monday, demanded that the quota finalised for them successful admissions into PG courses for the twelvemonth 2025-26 beryllium reconsidered. Their determination to boycott duties came aft the State authorities brought down the quota for them from 20% to 15% successful objective branches for the existent world year. The authorities besides restricted the 15% quota to 7 objective branches. There was nary preservation for PHC doctors successful the remaining 8 objective branches.
During Wednesday’s discussions, portion determination was nary connection connected expanding the in-service quota, officials of the wellness section person reportedly agreed to the doctors’ request to allocate 15% quota to each objective branches. In effect to the doctors’ request for continuing the aforesaid statement for 3 years, the wellness officials assured the doctors that they would instrumentality this up for treatment successful November.
The gathering besides discussed different demands, including time-bound promotions and monthly allowances for PHC doctors moving successful distant areas. According to relation representatives, the wellness officials person suggested that promotions would beryllium fixed without immoderate increment. “Regarding allowances, they said they would person to nonstop a study to the concern department,” Vinod Kumar, the association’s spokesperson.
The relation has asked for clip to respond to the department’s suggestions.
While the officials appealed to the doctors to resume duties, representatives of the relation person decided to proceed their onslaught until they get astatine a decision. “Last twelvemonth too, the authorities promised that it would resoluteness our issues, but each of them fell flat,” Dr. Vinod Kumar said.
