Bhopal: While medical doctors and medical staff are hailed throughout the nation for his or her relentless work as India battles the Covid 19 pandemic, medical doctors of Madhya Pardesh should not proud of the best way they’re being handled and are on strike for the previous 4 days. The junior medical doctors have put forth their calls for earlier than the state authorities, together with a hike in stipend and free remedy for them and their households in the event that they contract the lethal coronavirus an infection.
However, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed the placing junior medical doctors within the state to renew their duties inside 24 hours however the protesting medicos remained defiant and almost 3,000 of them resigned from their posts and introduced they are going to problem the ruling.
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The courtroom termed the four-day-old strike as “illegal”.
Nearly 3,000 junior medical doctors working within the six authorities medical faculties of the state resigned en masse from their posts on Thursday and submitted their resignations to the dean of their respective faculties, Madhya Pradesh Junior Doctors Association (MPJDA) president Dr Arvind Meena mentioned, in keeping with a report by PTI.
The strike, which started on Monday, will proceed until their calls for are fulfilled, he mentioned.
Meena mentioned the state authorities has already cancelled their enrollment for the third 12 months PG and subsequently they will not have the ability to sit for examinations.
He mentioned the MPJDA will attraction in opposition to the excessive courtroom judgement within the Supreme Court.
 Meena claimed members of the Medical Officers Association and the Federation of Resident Doctors Association can even be a part of their agitation.
He mentioned junior and senior medical doctors of Rajasthan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Bihar, Maharashtra and AIIMS Rishikesh, amongst others, have supported their strike.
Meena claimed on May 6, the federal government authorities promised to fulfil their calls for however nothing occurred after that, forcing them to cease work.
Asked in regards to the governments choice to lift their stipend by 17 per cent and whether or not they are going to resume duties after related orders are issued, M Meena mentioned remained non-committal.
“The government has promised to raise the stipend by 24 per cent and till they raise it to that limit, the strike will continue,” he mentioned.
Earlier within the day, the excessive courtroom at Jabalpur termed the statewide strike referred to as by the JDA as unlawful and directed the protesting junior medical doctors to return to work by 2:30 PM on Friday.
(With PTI inputs)
