On the third day of their protest, over 70 postgraduate medical students blindfolded themselves with black ribbon to demonstrate their dissent against the recent recruitment of non-service doctors through Medical Recruitment Board (MRB).
The doctors, who staged a demonstration at Government Rajaji Hospital here, said they were disappointed about not being able to serve the public.
G. Kamalesh, one of the protesters, said that it was unfair that non-government doctors directly became assistant professors in government medical colleges and district headquarters hospitals.
The State recently recruited over 500 candidates through the MRB for positions in government hospitals.
The protesters claimed there would be no vacancy in medical college hospitals by the time they finished their courses in another three months.
“None of the 69% communal reservation seats has been filled. The vacancies available are not transparent,” he said.
To continue
He said that the protest would continue in full swing. About 200 members would send individual petitions to the Chief Minister and Governor listing their demands. On Thursday, the doctors would take out a procession from Panagal Road to Tamukkam Grounds through Collector’s office.
A human chain would be formed on Friday, Dr. Kamalesh said.
