Government doctors in Tamil Nadu demand pay hike amid COVID crisis

Chennai: Even as COVID-19 continues to take a heavy toll on human life, government medical practitioners in Tamil Nadu have raised a demand for more pay.

Sending a letter that posed 10 questions to the state's health minister, the Service Doctors and Post Graduates Association (SDPGA) said despite the other states hiking the salaries of government doctors during the current pandemic, Tamil Nadu government has not woken up despite the fact that the doctors have gone on a fast thrice.

The minister had previously declared in the Assembly that the demands of government doctors would be addressed as soon as possible.

SDPGA reminded the minister of the Madras High Court’s remark that government doctors in Tamil were not adequately paid.