Doctors' Association for Social Equality

Regarding this Dr.G.R.Ravindranath General secretary of Doctors Association for Social Equality has issued the following press statement.

• Services of the doctors who were working on contract basis and subsequently brought under time scale of pay should be regularized from the date of joining and they should be given eligibility to appear for the PG entrance examination under service quota in the coming academic year . 
• Services of the doctors who are working on temporary basis should be regularized by conducting special TNPSC examination and they should be allowed to appear for the PG entrance examination under service quota in the coming academic year.
• The Tamil Nadu govt doctors salary should be increased on par with the Karnataka doctors.
• Tamilnadu government should not appoint doctors through TNMSC on temporary basis.
• The central government should not abolish the job opportunity of young doctors in the name of implementing compulsory rural service.
• Reservation should be implemented in DNB courses.
  

Urging the state and central governments to implement the above demands a hunger struggle was organized in Chennai on behalf of Doctors Association for Social Equality on 14.9.08 nearer to Cheppaukkam Guest house from 10.00 AM to 4.30 PM .Dr.D.Aram sate president presided over the struggle.AITUC stae secretary S.S.Thiyagarajan delivered the opening address. Doctors T.Mohan,R.Sunder,Arulnambi,P.Durai spoke about the demands.Dr.G.R.Ravindranath general secretary DASE delivered the concluding address.More than 150 doctors participated in the struggle.