There has been no change in the remuneration given to the private medical experts since 1993 for providing their service in the civic hospital. However, the Sassoon General Hospital on a query had conveyed to the PMC that it was paying Rs 1,500 as remuneration to its honorary doctors for providing expert consultancy.

Similarly, the civic administration has proposed increase in remuneration of honorary Anesthetic providing their services in civic hospitals and maternity homes. “It has been 12 years now that the PMC increased the remuneration given to honorary anaesthetic in 1996. The low remuneration have been hampering the services in civic hospitals,” Municipal Commissioner Praveensinh Pardeshi said in the proposal tabled in the standing committee.