The Madras High Court has ordered that government medical college students who were doing super-specialty courses while offering their services to treat COVID-19 patients should adjust that period of service against the two-year bond period. Should be given the advantage of doing.
Justice CV Karthikeyan said it would be discriminatory to adjust the period of service rendered by post-graduate doctors during different waves of Covid-19 against their bond period of two years, but provide equal benefits to those undergoing super-specialty courses. not have to.
The judge agreed with advocate Suhrith Parthasarathy, representing a group of five super-specialty medical graduates, that the government should appreciate the services rendered by the writ petitioners by risking their lives during the critical period and that The term should be offset against their bond term. The orders were passed on a joint writ petition filed by Drs MP Jayakrishnan, Mohd Yasid, Rohan Gaikwad, Archana Chinivalar and Sumi M. Pillai, who had completed their postgraduation and then pursued super-speciality courses in Neurology, Medical Gastroenterology and Nephrology Was.
At the time of taking admission in the Government Medical Colleges at Coimbatore, Salem, Villupuram and Tiruvallur, they have to execute a bond agreeing to serve in Government institutions for a period of two years after completing their studies or paying Was said. ₹ 50 lakh to each state.
However, during the course of their studies, the petitioners had worked as frontline workers during the outbreak of COVID-19 and assisted the State in saving lives and providing quality healthcare to patients and when they applied for the same against their bond period When requested to offset the period, the government refused, leading to the present petition.