Doctors seek payday system; hospitals get another notice
T-JUDA says it has served a strike notice over stipends, staffing, infrastructure and security. The proposed boycott’s date and scope remain unclear.
Junior doctors have raised demands over stipends, staffing, infrastructure, duty hours and security.
The Telangana Junior Doctors Association (T-JUDA) says it served a strike notice on September 18 to Director of Medical Education Dr S Vani, proposing a boycott of “all medical duties” over unresolved demands. The actual notice has not been published, so the start date, duration, participating doctors and whether emergency services would be exempt remain unclear.
T-JUDA is seeking a permanent system for timely stipends, a revision linked to workload, better infrastructure and hostels, staff appointments, implementation of Medical College Monitoring Committees, regulated duty hours, weekly rest, clearer duties and stronger security in emergency areas. It also raised claims about congested casualty departments, delayed emergency medicines and the absence of 24-hour laboratories at tertiary-care centres. Those service claims have not been independently verified in the material available.
The state government reportedly agreed in June 2025 to a 15% stipend increase, clearance of pending dues and payment by the 10th of each month. The new notice does not establish whether the present complaint concerns fresh delays, non-implementation or another category of doctors. The Health Department’s silence leaves the paperwork doing the talking again.