92% Teaching Doctors Oppose Proposed Retirement Age Raise: TTGDA Poll

HYDERABAD: A majority of government teaching doctors in Telangana have opposed the reported proposal to increase the retirement age from 65 to 70 years, according to a WhatsApp opinion poll conducted by the Telangana Teaching Government Doctors Association (TTGDA). The association said more than 1,000 teaching government doctors participated in the survey. Of the respondents, 921 doctors (92.1 per cent) opposed the proposed age increase, while only 18 doctors (1.8 per cent) supported it. Another 61 doctors (6.1 per cent) favoured introducing a liberal voluntary retirement scheme after the age of 61 years. TTGDA leaders Dr Kiran Bollepaka, Dr D. Kiran Madhala, Dr L Ramesh, Dr Kiran Prakash, and Dr Manda Babu, were involved in conducting the opinion poll.