Resident docs, MBBS interns decry low stipend

Resident doctors and MBBS interns at Government Medical Colleges in Patiala and Amritsar staged a protest on Monday, decrying low stipends.

- Karam Prakash

PATIALA:

Medical students across the state have been raising the issue of high course fee and dismally low stipend, which they say, is making medical education inaccessible to students of low-income families.

The protesting students said Punjab now holds the dubious distinction of charging the highest MBBS and MDS course fees among neighbouring states while offering the lowest stipends to interns and resident doctors.