Mumbai: Senior resident doctors say want Rs 1 lakh stipend

Updated On: 18 September, 2023 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar

Cite high cost of living, round-the-clock nature of their job, bat for unified stipend across country

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JJ hospital on September 5, 2022. File pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

The medical fraternity is not impressed by the Maharashtra government’s decision to increase the monthly stipend of senior resident doctors from Rs 80,000 to Rs 85,000 as many consider the amount inadequate, given the high cost of living in the city and the round-the-clock nature of their job.

Stipends used to vary from city to city and medical colleges, ranging between Rs 70,000 to Rs 80,000. However, the state cabinet`s decision has now unified the stipend across the state.

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