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Many of us have not paid doctors’ salary since last five to six months due to which doctors are quitting. If this happens, the private hospitals will further be affected”.Even faculty in private medical colleges are in trouble.“Nobody is able to break even. It is a grim situation and many medical colleges face closure,” said Anilkumar Vallil, secretary, Kerala Private Medical College Management Association. Private medical colleges too are in this unenviable position -- of the 23 private medical colleges, only about five are at present paying their doctors on time.“It is true that many hospitals are unable to pay their doctors on time. In a good hospital that has been in existence for more than 4 to 5 years, the doctor’s salary constitutes 20% of the total cost.“Unlike in the past, when hospitals were after doctors, now the whole thing has reversed..