Parents seek stipend for MBBSstudents

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 27

The parents of MBBS final-year students, who are on Covid duty, on Monday demanded Rs 30,000 monthly honorarium and an insurance cover of Rs 1 crore for the pupils.

They have written to the Director General, Medical Education and Research, and Director General, Health Services, in this regard.

They have demanded free transport for all students, including local ones, who are on Covid duty, and free treatment to those who get infected while attending to patients.

Outstation students should be provided with hygienic and well-furnished accommodation with food, the parents said.

They pointed out that as per a June 16 letter of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the final-year students were to be considered as the last option for the Covid duty. “The faculty, senior resident doctors, junior resident doctors and interns should have been considered first. But the state government forcibly put students on Covid duty,” the parents said.