Strike to continue, interns say after meeting with Health Minister - Demand stipend hike, cite 'trust deficit'
Jammu, Sept. 4 -- Share Tweet Share Srinagar, Sep 04 (KNS): Medical interns across Jammu and Kashmir on Friday decided to continue their strike despite a prolonged meeting with Health Minister Sakina Itoo, with both sides failing to resolve differences over the long-pending demand for a stipend hike. The nearly 90-minute-long meeting remained inconclusive as the interns refused to accept verbal assurances and insisted on a written order before calling off their agitation. "We had discussions with minsiter Sakina Itoo today. It went on for an hour and a half. She said she will work on this within a month. But we had disagreements regarding some things," Dr Zamin Jawed, a representative of the agitating interns, told KNS after the meeting. ...
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