Ranchi: A delegation representing five government medical colleges in Jharkhand, under the banner of the Junior Doctors Network (JDN), is set to meet Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Health Ajay Kumar Singh and Health Minister Dr. Irfan Ansari to press for long-awaited revisions in stipends for senior residents, postgraduate students, and interns.

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According to JDN State Secretary Dr. Raghvendra Rathore, the stipend revision issue has been pending for years despite repeated assurances. He recalled that former Health Minister Banna Gupta had twice promised to revise the stipend when senior residents had approached him at his Jamshedpur residence nearly two years ago.

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