MP medical interns’ protest enters Day 3 as they demand stipend hike, slam police ‘action’
Medical interns in Madhya Pradesh are protesting for a stipend increase from ₹14,337 to ₹30,000, citing parity with other states. The agitation has escalated following allegations of police force used against demonstrators.
Why it matters
The protest highlights labor disputes in the public healthcare sector and the challenges faced by medical trainees in government institutions.
The protest for higher stipend by medical interns in Madhya Pradesh entered its third day on Wednesday (September 9, 2026), with the agitators slamming the alleged lathicharge and use of water cannons by the police on their colleagues two days ago.
Senior resident doctors have also backed the protest currently underway near the Kamala Park intersection here. These doctors at the government-run Gandhi Medical College (GMC) in Bhopal have announced a boycott of the outpatient department (OPD).
The intern doctors want their monthly stipend to be raised from the current ₹14,337 to ₹30,000.
Intern doctor Abhishek Yadav of the State-run Chhindwara Institute of Medical College told PTI Videos in Bhopal that their counterparts in other States receive an average monthly stipend of nearly ₹30,000.
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