ThiruvananThapuram: The strike by the PG doctor will continue when the talks they have with the health minister of Vena George on Wednesday end without any consensus.
The minister urges them to draw attacks saying that the government has taken all possible steps to solve their problems.
But the doctor PG was annoyed because the minister did not provide concrete guarantees to meet the demands raised by them.
The two main demands of the PG doctors who were striking were the appointment of more junior residents and also an increase of 4% in benefits.
The Minister has assured that a high-level meeting will be held on Thursday to complete the appointment of more junior residents and also to streamline the task of graduate students at the college hospital.
On demand to increase salary, the Minister of Health said this problem was taken with the Ministry of Finance.
The Minister also assured that the government would establish a committee to see the workload of PG doctors in the hospital.
Even though doctors PG demanded that all these guarantees must be given by the Minister in writing, the minister refused to do it.
Meanwhile, it has been studied that the Ministry of Finance has rejected proposals to improve the benefits of postgraduate doctors in the state.
After the discussion of the Minister of Health with Representatives of the Association of Medical Post Graduations Kerala on December 7, the Ministry of Health has proposed an increase in a 4% increase in benefits and has continued files to the Ministry of Finance.
But the Ministry of Finance was not ready to receive requests and learned to note that the allowances in Kerala were higher than other southern states.
The Ministry of Finance shows that while allowances here are Rs 55,000, in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, doctors only get Rs 48,000 and Rs 45,000.
In Karnataka, his allowance is Rs 55,000, noted.
The Ministry of Finance has shown that the current financial situation is not conducive to increased salary and that it can be considered when the situation increases.
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