As many as 450 resident doctors of Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS) in Sola area went on an indefinite strike on Thursday the non-payment of COVID19 allowance promised by the government.
According to the agitating students, the state government had in April announced that intern doctors of government and GMERS-run medical colleges will get Rs 5,000 as monthly Covid allowance over and above their stipend for the months of March till June for COVID-19 duty. But the promise has not so far been fulfilled. Hence they have decided to go for strike.
''While interns of the government-run colleges have received the allowance promised by the government, intern doctors of GMERS-run colleges were not given the sum. Although we made a representation to the authorities several times in the past, there was no positive response. Hence, 450 intern doctors of these three colleges have decided to go on an indefinite strike,'' one of the interns said.
Meanwhile, Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who handles the health portfolio, assured that the issue will be resolved soon. In a warning tone, Patel asked the striking doctors to join duty and show some ''concern'' for patients.
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