Approximately 250 doctors affiliated with the Telangana Teaching Government Doctors Association (TTGDA) staged a ‘Chalo Hyderabad’ protest on Wednesday outside the office of the Director of Medical Education (DME) in Hyderabad.
Serving an ultimatum, TTGDA members announced that if their demands are not met within the next seven days, teaching doctors from all 26 government medical colleges will initiate a state-wide strike indefinitely.
The doctors have voiced a range of long-standing demands that have gone unaddressed for years. One pressing issue is the outstanding Pay Revision Commission (PRC) arrears owed to doctors, spanning from January 2016 to August 2020. Dr. Kiran Madala, TTGDA VP, reported that the finance ministry has already cleared the bills, but the matter remains unresolved in the Chief Minister’s Office.
