Srinagar, Sep 26: Medical and dental interns in J&K continue to be paid a meager amount of Rs 12300 during their internship, while their hopes of stipend enhancement continue to fizzle out. It has been two years and three months since J&K Health and Medical Education Department constituted a committee to “work-out” financial implications to the exchequer for “reasonable enhancement” of stipend of MBBS and BDS interns.

Considered the backbone of patient service, medical and dental interns have regular duty hours, many night duties and work under extreme duress. However, with just Rs 12300, they are paid Rs 410 a day, an amount that is less than what their counterparts in other states get. The National Medical Commission mandates that all interns be paid a stipend. This stipend is paid as p

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