India, Aug. 22 -- MBBS interns of state-run Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on Friday threatened to intensify their protest by disrupting out-patient department (OPD) services if their monthly stipend was not increased, according to the Junior Doctors' Association (JDA).

The protesting medicos are demanding that their monthly stipend be revised from Rs.20,000 (approximately) to Rs.40,000. The interns claimed the state government had last revised their monthly internship allowance in 2022, with an assurance to revise it again after three years, but had not done it so far.

Around 200 medical students doing MBBS internship at the PMCH, and some doctors expressing solidarity with them, wore black armbands to work on Friday to prot...