Telangana AYUSH doctors call off 28-day strike after Health Minister assures stipend hike
AYUSH students and doctors in Telangana have ended a 28-day strike following government assurances regarding a stipend hike. The Health Minister promised to bring their stipends in line with allopathy practitioners.
Why it matters
The resolution of this strike addresses long-standing labor grievances in the public health sector and ensures the continuity of medical services.
Telangana AYUSH students, house surgeons and post-graduate doctors have called off their 28-day strike on Monday following an assurance from Health Minister C. Damodar Raja Narasimha that their long-pending demand for a stipend hike would be addressed.
A delegation of AYUSH students, house surgeons, postgraduate doctors and student leaders met the Minister in Hyderabad and informed him of their grievances. The delegation highlighted the demand for an increase in stipends for AYUSH house surgeons and postgraduate doctors, which they said had remained pending for nearly a decade. They sought parity with the stipends paid to their allopathy counterparts.
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