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Mehbooba Mufti Urges Omar Abdullah to Resolve Intern Stipend Dispute
Medical interns in Jammu and Kashmir have stopped work to ask for more monthly financial support.
They currently receive Rs 12,300 and want Rs 30,000.
The interns include students training in medicine and dentistry.
They began an indefinite strike on Monday.
Mehbooba Mufti visited some of the protesting medical interns in Srinagar.
She said the young doctors work very long shifts and help care for patients.
She asked Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to meet them soon.
She wants the stipend issue settled within 7-10 days.
MBBS and BDS interns in Jammu and Kashmir began an indefinite strike from Monday.
The interns are demanding a monthly stipend increase from Rs 12,300 to Rs 30,000.
Mehbooba Mufti visited protesting MBBS interns at a government hospital in Srinagar.
She said the interns work exhausting 36-hour shifts while caring for patients.
Mufti urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to meet the interns and resolve the issue within 7-10 days.
- Who
- MBBS and BDS interns, Mehbooba Mufti, and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
- What
- Medical interns began an indefinite strike over a demand to raise their monthly stipend from Rs 12,300 to Rs 30,000.
- Where
- Jammu and Kashmir, including a government hospital in Srinagar.
- When
- The strike began on Monday; Mufti made her appeal on Wednesday, September 2.
- Why
- The interns are seeking a higher stipend, which Mufti said is justified by their long shifts and healthcare work.
Key facts
- Current stipend
- Rs 12,300 per month
- Requested stipend
- Rs 30,000 per month
- Protest action
- Indefinite strike
- Strike began
- Monday
- Intern groups
- MBBS and BDS interns
- Appeal by
- PDP president Mehbooba Mufti
- Requested resolution timeline
- Within 7-10 days
Quotes
Mehbooba Mufti
PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister
“It is deeply painful to see young doctors who work exhausting 36-hour shifts, including through the night, caring for patients and saving lives, being forced onto the streets to demand what is rightfully theirs.”
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“I appeal to Chief Minister @OmarAbdullah to meet these students at the earliest and resolve the issue of their Rs 30,000 stipend within the next 7-10 days.”
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Sources
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