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Gujarat govt announces hike in honorarium for visiting doctors at state hospitals
The Gujarat government on Tuesday announced a hike in the honorarium for visiting specialist doctors serving at the state's district hospitals, sub-district hospitals and community health centres.
State minister Rushikesh Patel said that the government has decided to give an honorarium of Rs 4,200 per day to all such doctors following a minimum of three hours of compulsory service under the CM Setu Scheme.
Earlier, pediatricians and general physicians were given an honorarium of Rs 3,000 per day and an amount of Rs 2,000 per day was allotted for other specialist doctors.
Patel said that visiting surgical and non-surgical super specialists working in hospitals affiliated to government medical colleges, and Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS)-run medical colleges of the state will be paid Rs 8,500 per day after a mandatory service of three hours. This amount earlier was Rs 2,700 per day.
