AYUSH house surgeons begin indefinite strike over stipend disparity

Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) house surgeons and post-graduate doctors across Telangana have launched an indefinite strike demanding a revision of their stipends, alleging that the amount paid to them has remained largely unchanged for more than a decade and is lower than that received by their allopathic counterparts.The indefinite strike began on Tuesday after a 15-day strike notice issued by the Telangana AYUSH House Surgeons and Post Graduates Joint Action Committee failed to elicit a response from the authorities, according to B. Rajesh Kalyan, president of the JAC. Around 2,500 AYUSH doctors across five government colleges in Telangana are participating in the agitation, he said. At the centre of the protest is the demand that stipends paid to