Medical faculty medical doctors’ token stir on Friday

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The medical doctors at medical faculties within the state will conduct a token strike on Friday if the federal government fails to satisfy their calls for relating to fee of wage dues, warned the Kerala Government Medical College Teachers’ Association (KGMCTA). The strike, which can be held from 8am to 11am, will have an effect on out affected person companies, elective surgical procedures and educating. 

“The doctors will boycott all non-Covid meetings, board meetings, academic and VIP duties, and pay ward admissions,” mentioned Binoy S, state president of KGMCTA. However, Covid duties, emergency companies and ward duties will stay unaffected.The medical doctors will even begin a relay starvation strike from February 5 and an indefinite strike from February 9. State secretary Nirmal Bhaskar demanded the federal government to deal with the problems raised by the medical doctors instantly and to not push them to take harsh measures.

The medical doctors staged protests throughout the state towards the federal government for non-payment of wage dues from 2016 on Monday. “They came out in protest because the government announced salary revision and payment of dues for other government employees the other day without considering the doctors’ dues,” mentioned Binoy whereas inaugurating the protest in entrance of Directorate of Medical Education in Thiruvananthapuram. In Kozhikode MCH, the medical doctors shaped a human chain adhering to the Covid protocol. “The government is ignoring the doctors’ plight, though we have fought against Covid-19 from the front,” mentioned Binoy. KGMCTA warned of strengthening the protest if the federal government failed to deal with their issues.