In the wake of non-fulfillment of demands by Medical Education Minister, 160 medical teachers in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) have resigned from the Post Graduate (PG) guideship. In a letter given to Amit Deshmukh, Medical Education Minister, the Maharashtra State Medical Teachers Association (MSMTA) has said, “All the medical teachers worked hard in two waves of COVID-19 at the cost of own and their family. We consulted you and Secretary regarding the allowances and some other demands. You responded positively and constituted a committee. Unfortunately, despite the submission of the report by the committee in August 2021, no concrete step was taken. There is a lot of unrest among all medical teachers.”

 

In a recent meeting of Central MSMTA, it was unanimously decided to resign from the post of Post Graduate guideship. Now, MSMTA has warned government that no teacher would do Post Graduate teaching and would not sign the thesis if they don’t get GR of their allowances within a month. Dr Samir Golawar, President of MSMTA pointed out, “There are around 400 teachers who got selected through Divisional Selection Board (DSB) are working on contracts. Several such teachers despite the assurance have not been regularised.” There is no uniformity in the age limit. No upper age limit is applicable to those selected through Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC). The rules of age limit are different for others. MSMTA has attracted the attention of the authorities towards this issue. The delegation led by Dr Samir Golawar and Dr Amit Disawal, Secretary has submitted a memorandum of demands to Acting Dean Dr Raj Gajbhiye and requested him to forward to the appropriate authority.