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The Hindu
30-06-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
‘Fulfil demands of government doctors'
With Doctors' Day being observed on July 1, the Legal Coordination Committee (LCC) for Government Doctors has urged the Chief Minister to fulfil the demands of government doctors including grant of pay band-4 in 12 years as per Government Order 354. In a statement issued, the association said that Tamil Nadu is a model State in terms of medical infrastructure and departmental activities. However, government doctors who contribute to it are paid low. During a protest by government doctors in 2019, the Chief Minister, who was the Leader of the Opposition then, expressed support and assured that the salary demands of government doctors would be fulfilled in the next DMK government. But the government has not fulfilled the demand. Noting that many government hospitals have been opened in the last four years since the DMK government came to power, LCC demanded that the existing government hospitals should be upgraded, and the number of doctors and nurses should be doubled. LCC also demanded a government job for Divya, wife of Vivekanandan, a government doctor who died of COVID-19.
The Hindu
19-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Doctors march to Chennai from Salem, six detained
Doctors affiliated to the Legal Coordination Committee (LCC) for Government Doctors, who took out a march from Salem to Chennai to draw the Chief Minister's attention to their long-pending demands, reached Chennai on Thursday. While they planned to march till Kalaignar memorial, the police prevented six of them from proceeding further from Saidapet, and detained them in a hall here. The march began at Mettur in Salem on June 11, and was to conclude at the Kalaignar memorial in Chennai on Thursday. Areas covered include Attur, Kallakurichi, Villupuram, and Chengalpattu. Some of LCC's demands are four salary increments for government doctors in 12 years of service as per G.O. 354, more number of doctors, nurses, and medical staff depending on the number of patients in government hospitals, and a government job for the wife of Vivekanandan, a doctor who died in service during the pandemic. LCC president S. Perumal Pillai, in a statement said, the police did not grant them permission to proceed after Saidapet, and forced six doctors into a police vehicle and took them to a hall. He condemned the government's action.
Time of India
09-06-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Govt doctors' legal panel calls for march
Chennai: Legal Coordination Committee (LCC) for govt doctors will begin a march from Salem to Chennai on June 11, urging chief minister to act on long-ignored demands, which include the implementation of Pay Band 4, a system that ensures a fair salary hike for govt doctors and nurses, the GO No. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now 354 which was passed in 2009, and the appointment of more doctors and nurses in govt hospitals. "We just want the govt to pay us our salaries in accordance with the GO. Despite letters to CM cell, health minister, and MLAs, our pleas have fallen on deaf ears," said Dr S Perumal Pillai, president of LCC. Last year, Madras high court delivered a verdict in favour of the govt doctors, but to no avail. "We have decided to march from Dr Lakshmi Narasimhan's Memorial in Mettur all the way to Kalaignar Memorial in Chennai," he added. Speaking to TOI, health minister Ma Subramanian said, "I'm not aware of LCC's demands, nor did anyone approach my office. We can look into it if they give us a list of requests."
