The Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare has again postponed counselling for compulsory government service of MS/MD passed-out medical graduates by 10 days. This delay has hit 2,000 senior residents and 7,000 MBBS graduates of the 2019-20 batch.
Condemning the postponement for the second time, members of the Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors (KARD) have demanded that the government should act immediately and conduct the counselling or free them from compulsory rural service.
The Karnataka Compulsory Medical Services Act, amended in 2017, prescribes one-year compulsory service in different types of government health institutions for all postgraduates and undergraduates passing out from Karnataka.