Docs reject govt appeal, resign en masse

Bangalore, Sept 29 (PTI) Over 3,500 doctors in Karnataka
Tuesday resigned en masse in protest against the government's
refusal to accept their demand for salary hike.

Rejecting the government's appeal not to resign till talks
are held on October 4 to resolve the issue, the doctors
submitted their resignation letters to the health and family
welfare department Director, Usha Vasunkar.

The Karnataka Medical Officers' Association general body
meeting took the decision, though Chief Minister B S
Yeddyurappa had conveyed through Chief Secretary Sudhakar Rao
that a meeting would be convened on October 4 to consider
their demands, Association president Dr H N Ravindra told PTI.

"Enough time has already been given to the government to
look into our pleas," he said.

However, Ravindra said doctors would work till October
14, the deadline set by them to meet their demands.

Government doctors at the "beginners level" get a monthly
pay of Rs 18,500 which the Association has demanded be raised
to at least Rs 35,000.

The government has offered a pay hike ranging between Rs
3,000 and Rs 8,000 which the Association has rejected. PTI BH
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