Resolving the disparity in payment of stipend to the resident doctors across Karnataka, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday directed the Medical Education department officials to consider the request made by the Resident Doctors’ Association to increase the stipend.
Holding a video conference meeting with the department officials and the vice chancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), the minister instructed the officials to look into the request and submit a detailed proposal pertaining to the increase of stipend.
The Karnataka Resident Doctors’ Association had submitted a request to the minister seeking a hike in the stipend which is due since 2015. “The department has been increasing the fee for postgraduation medical and dental courses every year. But it is not considering our request to hike the stipend. We hope that this time they will consider our request,” said one of the office-bearers of the association.