Chennai, July 04: Tamil Nadu House Surgeons and Post
Graduate Students Association on Saturday rejected the government's
offer of increase in stipend for medicos, saying the hike is
not up to their expectation and they would continue their
strike which entered the third day.
Describing the hike as 'meagre', the association,
spearheading the agitation, said in a release that it was
"unacceptable".
"Our demand for a stipend of Rs 10,000 for house
surgeons, Rs 25,000 for post graduate students and Rs 28,000
for students in specialities is less than the stipend given
by other state governments," the association said.
Earlier in the day, Tamil Nadu government announced a
hike in stipend for MBBS and non-service post graduate
students costing the exchequer Rs 9.60 crore annually.
The stipend of second year PG (specialisation) students
was increased from Rs 10,000 to Rs 16,000 and that for first
year students was increased to Rs 15,000 from Rs 9,500
presently.
Fifth year students of Neurology would get Rs 16,000
against the earlier Rs 10,000, the government had announced
after the revision.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, July 04, 2009, 19:23