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Andhra Pradesh Junior Doctors Boycott Emergency Services Amid Stipend Strike

Andhra Pradesh Junior Doctors Boycott Emergency Services Amid Stipend Strike
Junior Doctors Intensify Strike, Boycott Emergency Services · deccanchronicle.com

Doctors who are still learning in Andhra Pradesh are upset because they want to be paid more money for their work.

To show how they feel, they stopped doing their regular hospital jobs.

Now they have also stopped helping in emergencies, which is the most important part of a hospital.

This means many sick people are waiting a very long time to see a doctor.

Some hospitals are trying to find other doctors to help, but there are not enough of them.

The doctors say they have been waiting for the government to talk to them for ten days.

Many operations that are not urgent have been postponed.

People are worried that if the strike continues, patients who need urgent care will be in danger.

The doctors hope the government will listen and give them more money for their hard work.

Key facts

Strike duration
10 days (routine services), emergency boycott began Monday 8am
Junior doctors involved
More than 6,000 PG doctors across Andhra Pradesh
PG students enrolled
2,041 postgraduate medical students in clinical, non-clinical and diploma courses
Kurnool medical college
All 716 junior doctors on strike; only 65 doctors deployed as alternative
House Surgeon stipend
25,906 per month
PG stipends
First year 60,823; second year 61,528; third year 64,000 (approx.)
Affected hospitals
Guntur, Vijayawada Siddhartha, Kakinada Rangaraya, Kurnool, Tirupati Ruia and Visakhapatnam Andhra medical colleges

Quotes

Dr K Lakshmi Chittinarrasamma

Principal of the medical college at Kurnool

“We have made alternative arrangements and are holding discussions with the director of medical education to persuade the junior doctors to withdraw the strike. The strike will certainly have some impact on hospital services.”
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“I came to the hospital with severe asthma and have been waiting for two hours. I had no one to accompany me. The situation is very difficult.”
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