Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (HB/SP)
Udupi, Sep 14: Doctors in Karnataka will go on strike from September 21 over non-fulfillment of various demands including wage revision. As a result, certain services and issual of coronavirus reports will be suspended.
Karnataka State Medical Officers' Association president Dr H Prakash Kumar Shetty on Monday September 14 said that the medical officers of Karnataka had, during the last 12 years, repeatedly demanded for wage revision and placed several other justified demands of the medical officers before the government.
"Even though we have given them enough time, the government has failed to act on them. Therefore, from September 15 onward, we have decided, in phases, to suspend submission of COVID and other reports being submitted to the government and suspend some services," he said.
Addressing a press meet held at the Press Club here, he noted that doctors functioning under the medical education department are getting pay as per the seventh pay commission while wage revision has not been done in respect of government doctors.
"We will stay away from submission of online replorts and participating in government meetings. If the government does not respond till September 20, from September 21, we will suspend all other servicess except emergency service. On September 22, we will hold 'Bengaluru Chalo' protest and place our rightful demand before the government," he explained.
He reasoned that because of less salary, young doctors opt to work in private hospitals and therefore there is a shortage of government doctors.
Secretary of the association, Dr K Naraismha Nayak, vice president, Dr Umesh Nayak, Dr Goplal S G, Ranjith and Pratap Kumar were present.