The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Govt. refuses 15% stipend hike citing financial situation, jr. doctors skip emergency services
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Nellore Sravani
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Junior doctors in Andhra Pradesh are continuing their strike after the government refused a 15% stipend hike, citing financial constraints. The government has proposed a smaller annual increase, which the doctors have rejected as insufficient.
Even as the junior doctors in Andhra Pradesh have withdrawn from attending to emergency services in government teaching hospitals on the eighth day of their strike, the State government has reiterated that it is not inclined to implement their demand for continuation of the 15% biannual stipend hike.
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