CHENNAI: Nearly 500 government doctors from various parts of the State staged a protest stressing their long-pending demand to provide promotions and pay on a par with the Central government doctors, near the Collectorate on Sunday.
While doctors with MBBS are upgraded to pay band 4 only after 20 years of service, they want it to be made 12 years. While the DMK-led government of M Karunanidhi brought a government order for this purpose, it is yet to be implemented, said the doctors.
Moreover, the government increased the duty time of the doctors to 8 am to 5 pm from the earlier 9 am to 4 pm through a government order 225 a month ago. This has to be reversed. The benefits provided to the doctors who died while on duty is yet to be released, they added.
State increased duty time of doctors to 8-5
The State government increased the duty time of the doctors to 8 am to 5 pm from the earlier 9 am to 4 pm through a government order 225, around a month ago