Around 240 medicos of the Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) have been on a protest on the hospital campus for the past 13 days as they haven't received stipends for 15 months. Their protest came to light in the wake of an agitation by resident doctors in government hospitals demanding an increase in their stipends. “We haven't received stipends for the last 15 months despite repeated requests to the authorities. We have to pay huge money to get a private medical college seat. Our seniors used to get Rs.
6,000 per month as stipend while resident doctors should get Rs. 25,000 as per Medical Council of India (MCI) rules," a postgraduate student in the psychiatric department of KIMS said. "We have requested hospital authorities to pay us the stipend we deserve. We were asked to be patient for some more months, after which they said they would pay us Rs. 6,000, that too…
