Protesting the pay difference, Ayurveda medical teachers at Pandit Khushilal Sharma Government Ayurveda Institute attended patients in the campus instead of the building, protest by the teachers was carried out peacefully.
Dr. Narayan, Joint Secretary, Central Management Committee said that compared to other departments of Madhya Pradesh, the salary of teachers of Ayush department is almost half. These departments include medical education, veterinary medicine, dentistry, and other higher education institutions.
For the past several days, all the AYUSH teachers of Madhya Pradesh are protesting statewide under the banner of Ayurveda Teachers Welfare Association regarding their one-point demand for salary revision in the state. Please inform that during this period the doctors saw more than 800 patients. All these doctors kept sitting outside till 1 pm.
Dr. Narayan told that along with Ayush campus of Bhopal division, Ayurveda colleges of Gwalior, Jabalpur, Indore and Ujjain divisions and their affiliated hospitals, as well as Unani and Homeopathy colleges in Bhopal are being done. Senior doctors of hospitals affiliated to Ayurveda and other AYUSH colleges saw OPD patients sitting under trees in the campus instead of their rooms.
Dr. Vivek Sharma said that there is a one-point demand of all AYUSH teachers that their salaries should be made at par with other departments of the state like dental education, veterinary education etc. The problem of their salary, which has been delayed for years, should be resolved at the earliest.