JPMC doctors protest over three months of unpaid s...

Summary

• The protesting doctors expressed frustration over what they described as repeated shifting of responsibility between the hospital administration and the Sindh government.
• Officials said the new payment procedure required additional documentation, including copies of doctors’ identity cards and records of previous payments.
• Sindh Young Doctors Association President Dr Shahid Awan warned that the doctors could expand their protest if their salaries were not released within the next few days.

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KARACHI: Young doctors at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) staged a protest on Thursday against the non-payment of their salaries for the past three months, demanding that the outstanding dues be cleared immediately.

The doctors gathered outside the hospital’s Outpatient Department and raised slogans against the administration and provincial authorities. They said they had continued performing their medical duties despite going without salaries for several months.