Doctors are always at the risk of being exposed to deadly infections due to needle pricks or cuts due to surgical instruments. On this line, resident doctors may get a hardship allowance of Rs. 5000 to Rs. 7000 for the same . The medical profession is full at risk and doctors are first ones who come in contact with patients.
It is a certainty that doctors might get affected by various infections. Further, they work under tremendous pressure without fixed working hours, so accidents are bound to occur. While the Union Ministry of Health, approved the proposal last year, it has been now sent to the Economics Department for reviewing the residency clause and payment balance. According to the 7th Pay Commission, the allowance is pertinent only for doctors who work on borders, the area of an outbreak, or a counter-insurgency area. However, the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (RDA)…
