AIIMS Doctors Warn Against the Tuition Fee Hike

The Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday, 4 December, warned the institute's administration against hiking the tuition fee and raising user charges for patients.Amarinder Singh Malhi, President of the RDA told IANS“The association opposes the proposed hikes because providing quality education and healthcare is the first and foremost responsibility of any country.”He also said that the RDA will not allow anyone to compromise on these two issues.Also Read: ‘Why Should Emergency Services Suffer’: SC to Doctors on Strike"Quality education and healthcare are the building blocks of our nation and we will not allow any person, organisation or government to compromise on that in any aspect."He added that if the administration accepts the proposed hikes, the association will stage protests against the decision."Right now, we are waiting for a clearer picture regarding the issue which will take another four to five days. If the administration accepts the proposal for raising the tuition fee and users charges then we will certainly protest against the administration."octorThe Central Institute Body (CIB) of six AIIMS including Delhi on 20 November this year decided to review the tuition fees of the students and also to fix uniform user charges for patients.Also Read: Thousands of Patients Suffer as Doctors Go On A Strike In TNIn a letter issued to Delhi AIIMS, the CIB on the directions of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare sought to review all tuition fees and user charges in the institute.The Body in the letter has said "users charges are important component of the non-tax revenues. Each ministry or department can identify 'users charges' levied by it", adding that "while fixing the users charges, the ministry/department must ensure that the users charges recover the current cost of providing services with reasonable return on capital investment".(This story was auto-published from a syndicated feed. No part of the story has been edited by FIT.)(India, and the Capital especially, has been in an air pollution crisis. How has the hazardous air #pollution impacted you? Write down your #PollutionKaSolution and send it to us at FIT@thequint.com. )Also Read: NMC Bill: Plugging Doctor Shortages or Diluting Healthcare Sector?

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AIIMS Doctors Warn Against the Tuition Fee Hike

AIIMS Doctors Warn Against the Tuition Fee Hike

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