Maternity leave turns costly for PG doctors; doctors’ body seeks waiver of rejoining fee
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Telangana Senior Residents Doctors Association (T-SRDA) has flagged the mandatory collection of a ₹15,000 rejoining fee from female postgraduate doctors who avail maternity leave, calling it unjustified and symptomatic of deeper systemic gaps in how maternity leave is handled across government medical colleges in the State. In…