The junior doctors on 24 June, had begun the strike in Hyderabad and across the state in support of their demands.
Junior doctors with Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha. (TelanganaHealth/ X)
Junior doctors in Telangana on Wednesday, 26 June, called off their two-day strike after the state government issued orders for the enhancement of medical college infrastructure.
The orders issued include implementing a budget release order through a “green channel” (smooth and without any hindrances) for the timely clearance of stipends, ensuring that stipends are disbursed without delay for the financial year 2024-25, sanctioning the budget for new hostel buildings at Osmania and Gandhi Medical Colleges here and sanctioning of budget for road infrastructure improvements at Kakatiya Medical College in Hanumakonda.
“We called off the strike and will resume all the medical services,” Telangana Junior Doctors Association president Dr G Sai Sri Harsha said.
The Association in a release also thanked Telangana Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha’s efforts in addressing several long-pending issues affecting the medical fraternity.
The junior doctors on 24 June, had begun the strike in Hyderabad and across the state in support of their demands, including timely release of stipends and better infrastructure facilities and security in hospitals.
They had issued a strike notice to Dr N Vani, Director of Medical Education, stating that this strike is a continuation of the action that was temporarily suspended last month on 21 May
Representatives of the junior doctors had held talks with the state Health Minister and after they were successful, called off the strike.
The state government on Wednesday accorded administrative sanction for an amount of ₹204.85 crore to the Director of Medical Education for taking up the civil works at Osmania Medical College and Gandhi Medical College in Hyderabad and Kakatiya Medical College in Hanumakonda.
As per an order, the amount was sanctioned for the construction of a ladies and men’s hostel, a Dental hostel, a senior Residents’ Block hostel, and the laying of cement concrete roads among others.
Earlier during the two-day strike, the medicos had protested at various state-run hospitals by boycotting outpatient services and elective surgeries. However, emergency services were continued to be provided.
జూడాల సమ్మె విరమణ. వైద్య ఆరోగ్య శాఖ మంత్రి తో జరిపిన చర్చలు సఫలం. సమ్మె విరమిస్తునట్టు జూడాల ప్రకటన. చర్చలు సఫలం కావడం తో ముఖ్యమంత్రి మరియు వైద్య ఆరోగ్య శాఖ మంత్రి గారి చిత్రపటాలకు జూడాల క్షీరాభిషేకం. pic.twitter.com/Dq219Ogxfo
— Minister for Health Department, Telangana (@MoHFW_Telangana) June 26, 2024
T-JUDA had also insisted that super-specialty doctors, upon completing their super-specialty training, should be appointed to contractual assistant professor positions with a salary of ₹1,25,000 from the date of their appointment for mandatory government service.
“Currently, there has been some progress as an order similar to what was requested in 2022 has been drafted. However, the order lacks certain crucial details such as specifying the assistant professor rank, the exact salary structure, and the effective date of implementation,” said Dr Harsha speaking to South First earlier.
He had added that in recent discussions, authorities have indicated their willingness to address these concerns, but the proposed order still contains ambiguities that need clarification.
T-JUDA also emphasised the immediate need for reinforcement of security outposts and strict enforcement of laws against perpetrators. Specifically, they demand the allocation of police personnel and the strengthening of existing security measures across all medical college hospitals.
“There has been a historical proposal from the finance department to the Home Ministry dating back to 2019, seeking to recruit 167 special protection force personnel for security at new government medical college hospitals,” said Dr Harsha.
(With PTI inputs)
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