Medical officers in Karnataka have threatened to resign en masse on October 27 if the government did not concede to their long-standing demands, including hike in salaries. State Medical Officers Association president T A Veerabhadraiah said in a statement here that the government had turned a blind eye to the 14 demands submitted by the Association six years ago. He said the salaries of medical officers in the Health department should be increased on par with that of doctors working in Medical Education department and the pay should be disbursed on time.
The government had not paid salaries to medical officers in government hospitals for the last four months, he alleged. Even Ayurvedic doctors posted to monitor the health of school children were not paid salaries for the last six months, he said. The Association also wanted the government to retain government hospitals under the…
