A recent Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS) circular on stipend for medical interns has led to a lot of discussion among health professionals on the contentious issue.
The letter by KUHS Registrar on March 21 directed principals of all affiliated self-financing medical colleges and dental colleges to “strictly comply with” the academic council decision in 2015 to “grant stipend for interns of UG and PG courses at par with the interns of government colleges”. The circular also said that “further complaints, if any, received regarding non-payment of stipend to the students will be treated seriously by the university.”
