Protest demanding pay revision, service conditions by medical college doctors to begin today in Kerala
The Kerala Government Medical College Teachers' Association (KGMCTA) announced that the protest is aimed at pressing long-pending demands related to pay revision, service conditions, and infrastructure in medical colleges.
Thiruvananthapuram: Raising long pending demands of pay revision, service conditions and infrastructure in government and private medical colleges, the medical college doctors across the state are set to intensify their ongoing agitation, beginning with a dharna in front of the Secretariat.
"We have been demanding the pay hike for doctors who at the entry level. Most of them are working at low wages in the state after facing several distress toiling for more than 14 to 15 hours a day. Even though there were talks held at multiple levels with the health minister and the officials, no positive outcome emerged yet”, said Dr Sai Ganesh, a government doctor working at Kozhikode medical college.
He added that a similar condition is being faced by nurses in government hospitals across the state.
The Kerala Government Medical College Teachers’ Association (KGMCTA) announced that the protest is aimed at pressing long-pending demands related to pay revision, service conditions, and infrastructure in medical colleges.
The strike, which began on July 1, 2025, will now enter a more aggressive phase. As part of the escalation, outpatient (OP) services will be boycotted on January 27, along with non-emergency surgeries and procedures. The association has also declared an indefinite relay satyagraha alongside the teaching boycott.
From February 2, the OP boycott will continue indefinitely, followed by suspension of non-emergency surgeries from February 9. University examination duties will also be boycotted from February 11. However, essential services such as casualty, labour room, ICU, inpatient care, emergency surgeries, and postmortem examinations will remain unaffected.
In a joint statement, KGMCTA state president Dr Rosnara Begum and general secretary Dr Aravind C S said the government has failed to honour repeated promises. "While arrears of pay revision have been disbursed to other state employees, medical college doctors have been unfairly denied the same. This discrimination must end,” the statement read.