Panel to study medico pleas
The committee which will also have a representative from KMPGA , will be constituted within three weeks.
Thiruvananthapuram: The government on Wednesday decided to constitute a panel to study the demands of Kerala Medical PG Association including the three year bond period for super speciality.
The committee which will also have a representative from KMPGA , will be constituted within three weeks. It will submit a detailed report in three months and the government would examine its recommendations before taking a decision.
The government on Tuesday had agreed to scrap its decision to impose three year bond for doctors after post graduation and revert to one year bond. However, it had failed to give any concrete assurance to the PG's on withdrawing the bond period for super speciality.
The government had also assured the KMPGA representatives that immediate steps would be taken to fill up the exiting vacancies in the medial education sector besides taking stern action against doctors who are on unauthorised leave.
Meanwhile, the KMPGA has not taken any decision on continuing the strike in medical colleges. A series of discussions were taking place to finalise the futhre course of action.
Doctors alleged that despite facing extreme shortage of hands in government medical college in the state, the directorate of medical education was yet to prepare the list of doctors who were on unauthorised absence from service. No action had been taken against such doctors yet.
Sources said the directorate was yet to prepare the list of unauthorised absentees. According to rough estimates the number of doctors who were on unauthorised leave could be about 100.