TN medicos continue strike, vow to intensify struggle

Unperturbed by the Tamil Nadu government's warning to striking medicos that colleges and hostels would be closed temporarily if they did not call off their strike, the agitators on Sunday continued with their stir and also vowed to intensify their struggle.

The medicos, who went on a fast on Sunday, are working out the future course of action in the event of the government going ahead with its warning.

Students said that the warning by the state government "cannot shake our determination" and that they would continue with their agitation against the extension of the MBBS course duration and the compulsory rural postings within it.

"We may stay in our friends' houses or do something else, but will not pay heed to the state's warning," a student of the Stanley Medical College here said.

Meanwhile, the students' parents are also thinking of joining their wards in their protest against Union Health Minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss' proposal to extend the course duration.

A recent hearing of the Dr Sambasiva Rao committee, formed to take the opinions of stakeholders in medical education, saw many parents expressing their apprehensions against the Centre's proposal.

Courtesy:timesofindia.com
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