தமிழக அரசு விதிகளின்படி மருத்துவ மேற்படிப்பில் அரசு மருத்துவர்களுக்கு அளிக்கப்பட்டு வரும் 50% இடஒதுக்கீட்டை உறுதிசெய்ய வேண்டும் #Reservation

DMK working president M.K. Stalin strongly urged the state government on April 21, 2017, to protect the 50 percent reservation quota for government in-service doctors in postgraduate medical admissions. Stalin stated that this quota, established under Tamil Nadu state regulations, was critical to sustaining the public healthcare apparatus across rural primary health centers and district government hospitals. He warned that abandoning in-service reservations would dismantle the very backbone of rural medical delivery.

Stalin explained that government doctors serve under challenging conditions in remote and tribal areas with the reasonable expectation that dedicated public service earns institutional opportunities for higher medical specialization. By incentivizing doctors to work in underserved areas, Tamil Nadu had successfully built one of the country's most responsive public healthcare networks. Allowing judicial ambiguities or administrative inaction to dilute this quota would discourage young medical professionals from entering public service, ultimately penalizing poor patients who depend entirely on government hospitals.

The opposition leader demanded that the state administration pass necessary executive orders or legislative safeguards without delay. Stalin reaffirmed that the DMK would stand firmly with protesting government doctors to defend established social justice and healthcare equity.