India, Feb. 17 -- Medical students doing Diplomate of National Board (DNB) courses from civic-run hospitals in Mumbai are demanding the long-awaited hike of Rs.10,000 which was approved last year by the state government but has not yet reflected in their monthly stipend.

The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors chapter of Hinduhridaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College (HBTMC) and Dr R N Cooper Municipal General Hospital had announced that doctors would go on mass leave on January 14 to press for implementation of the hike. "After we announced this, the administration assured us that the hike would come soon but nothing has happened so far," said Dr Venkatesh Jawalgekar, a graduate student of HBTMC.

Dr Jawalgekar also point...