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TS govt to clamp down on medicos after HC judgement
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The Telangana government is gearing up to take punitive action against the striking junior doctors, soon after the High Court delivers its judgement, which is likely on Friday.
- To slap ESMA or invoke GO No 1022 to debar them from service
- Junior doctors remain stubborn, seek support of opposition parties
Hyderabad: The Telangana government is gearing up to take punitive action against the striking junior doctors, soon after the High Court delivers its judgement, which is likely on Friday.
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The government will either apply the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against them or invoke GO No1022 of 2013 to debar them from service.
The Telangana government has issued notices to junior doctors to join duties by Thursday if they want to avoid facing action. A release by the Chief Minister’s Office on Thursday said more than 100 junior doctors of Osmania and Gandhi Hospitals have joined duties in response to the government’s call. Officials told Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao that more junior doctors would join the duties as the deadline nears.
KCR also discussed with officials over how to deal with junior doctors who fail to join duties. In fact, the CM is said to be inclined to debar the medicos from service. KCR is keen on introducing a new norm in admissions to professional courses, according to which medicos shall submit an affidavit that they would work in rural areas for two years.
Meanwhile, the junior doctors continued their relay fast at the 'Dharna Chowk' near Indira Park and expressed hope that the High Court judgement would be in their favour. Speaking to the media, Dr G Srinivas, TJUDA president, faulted the Advocate-General Ramakrishna Reddy for reportedly submitting before the court that the mandatory one-year rural service was in force across the country. JUDA representatives claimed that Kerala was the only State that had mandatory rural service and it revoked the norm last year, after finding it impractical. As the government is contending that mandatory rural service is part of Act passed by the State Assembly, TJUDA is trying to enlist the support of Opposition parties like Congress, TDP and BJP by writing hundreds of post cards to their leaders. The medicos clarified in the letters that they are opposed only to "temporary mandatory service" and are not against "rural service" 0pas such.
