Government has decided to increase the rates of allowances paid to doctors for being on call during emergency situations. Accordingly the allowance will be increased from Rs. 35 000 to Rs 50 000 while specialist doctors allowance will be increased to Rs 60 000.
Accordingly allowance for doctors working in the government service will increased by Rs. 15 000 for a normal doctor and by Rs. 25 000 for a specialist doctor.
However while the allowance is being provided, sources say there is no transparent method to check if the doctor actually provided the service.
According to him, the war affected the doctors needing them to be on call but without such a situation the increasing of the allowance seems unusual he said.
Already the starting salary of junior doctors are Rs. 167, 000 while a specialist doctors starting salary is Rs. 250 000. The are also granted Rs. 3 600 000 as tax relief and vehicle permits.
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