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Act against non-payment of stipends to interns, PG: PMO

The New Indian Express Hyderabad

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April 29, 2025

THE Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has directed the Union Health Ministry to take "appropriate action" for the non-payment of stipends by medical colleges, including government institutions, to their interns and postgraduate residents, who sometimes work 20 hours a day without any financial compensation.

- KAVITA BAJELI-DATT @New Delhi

The directive comes as 60 of the over 500 medical colleges have failed to pay their undergraduate interns, postgraduate residents, and senior residents stipends. While 33 are government institutes, the rest are private.

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