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600 Uttarakhand PG medical residents strike over low stipend, threaten work boycott
✍️ Medical Dialogues
🗓 08 Sep 2026, 04:03 PM
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Around 600 postgraduate medical residents in Uttarakhand have begun a strike demanding higher stipends, warning they may halt patient care if demands are not met.
Around six hundred postgraduate medical residents across Uttarakhand have launched a strike, citing inadequate stipends that they say are far below the cost of living. The residents, who are attached to various government medical colleges and hospitals, have issued a notice that they will boycott their duties unless the stipend is revised.
The doctors' association representing the residents has submitted a formal representation to the state health department, demanding an immediate increase in the monthly allowance. It argues that the current amount hampers basic expenses such as housing, food, and transport, affecting both the trainees and the quality of patient care.
State health officials have acknowledged the grievance and indicated that they are reviewing the stipend structure. However, they have not provided a timeline for any adjustment, prompting the residents to maintain pressure through the strike.
If the protest escalates, the potential suspension of services in teaching hospitals could impact thousands of patients who rely on these facilities for affordable care. Both the government and the resident doctors are now in a standoff, awaiting a resolution.
The doctors' association representing the residents has submitted a formal representation to the state health department, demanding an immediate increase in the monthly allowance. It argues that the current amount hampers basic expenses such as housing, food, and transport, affecting both the trainees and the quality of patient care.
State health officials have acknowledged the grievance and indicated that they are reviewing the stipend structure. However, they have not provided a timeline for any adjustment, prompting the residents to maintain pressure through the strike.
If the protest escalates, the potential suspension of services in teaching hospitals could impact thousands of patients who rely on these facilities for affordable care. Both the government and the resident doctors are now in a standoff, awaiting a resolution.