Bhubaneswar,Orissa: 23 August 2008- IR Summary/ NI Wire  Due to non implementation of Six Point measures announced by Chief Minister Naveen Pataink six months ago, around 3,000 doctors, working in public hospitals in Orissa, have threatened to follow en masse resignation on August 27 protesting against Government’s indifference toward them, as per Orissa Medical Service Association (OMSA). 

OMSA president Madhusudan Mishra on Friday said, “Over 3,000 doctors working in government hospitals will tender their resignation from their posts to protest against the non-implementation of announcement made by Mr. Patnaik.”

The announcement included doctors who were assured would get a minimum salary of Rs. 8,000.00 with class-1 status at the entry level with special allowance of Rs. 3,000.00 per month, transparency in transfer service, restructuring of posts and security to doctors while on duty.

Tension between doctors and state administration has been a long time affair especially on the issue of salary and allowances which are very low compared to other states. Fresh MBBS graduates prefer to move out of the state for their service, instead working in rural areas with no such noticeable facilities. 

With the latest stir, the state administration needs to take the decision at the earliest as government doctors are the primary reaching point for approximately four crore people living mostly in villages, as per input from NIWire.