As the Primary Health Centre (PHC) doctors’ strike entered the third day on Wednesday (October 1, 2025), officials from the department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, A.P., have agreed to allocate in-service quota to all 15 clinical branches instead of just 7.
According to an official release from the department, Principal Secretary Saurabh Gaur and Health and Family Welfare Commissioner G. Veerapandian held a discussion with the representatives of the A.P. Primary Health Centres’ Doctors’ Association on Wednesday evening at the Secretariat.
The PHC doctors, who suspended all services, both outpatient and emergency, at all PHCs in Andhra Pradesh from Monday, demanded that the quota finalised for them in admissions into PG courses for the year 2025-26 be reconsidered. Their decision to boycott duties came after the State government brought down the quota for them from 20% to 15% in clinical branches for the current academic year. The government also restricted the 15% quota to 7 clinical branches. There was no reservation for PHC doctors in the remaining 8 clinical branches.
During Wednesday’s discussions, while there was no word on increasing the in-service quota, officials of the health department have reportedly agreed to the doctors’ demand to allocate 15% quota to all clinical branches. In response to the doctors’ demand for continuing the same agreement for three years, the health officials assured the doctors that they would take this up for discussion in November.
