‘Sign or face action’: Telangana PG medicos allege stipend coercion at medical college after NMC scrutiny

A week after the National Medical Commission (NMC) took cognisance of allegations that stipends credited to students at MNR Medical College and Hospital in Sangareddy are being partially recovered by the management through coercive means, postgraduate medical students have alleged that they were forced to sign declarations stating that stipends are being paid as per norms, claiming they were called department-wise, had their mobile phones taken away, and were warned of serious action if they refused.

The declaration, accessed by The Hindu, required students to affirm that they are receiving stipends regularly in accordance with applicable rules, that there are no delays or irregularities in disbursement, and that the undertaking is being submitted voluntarily and without any external influence.