Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 6: The protest dharna of Jammu Kashmir Female Multipurpose Health Workers’ in support of their demands entered 31st day, today.
Led by Neelam Kumari, president, FMPHWs’ Welfare Association, the Female Multipurpose Health Workers staged protest in office complex of Directorate of Health Services (DHS), Jammu today as usual. Same type of protests and dharnas were also held in Sunderbani, Rajouri, Reasi, Banihal, Ramban, Kishtwar, Doda, Bani, Basholi, Padder and Kathua.
In Jammu, the protesting workers raised slogans against Government for not fulfilling their long pending demands including permanent solution of salary head 2211, delinking the CSS salary from the funding sources (Corpus-delinking), fixation of job functions of FMPHWs at par with other working categories of Health Sector, up gradation of the post of FMPHW on the analogy of Pharmacist, Lab Tech, X-Ray Tech, Dental Tech and Ophth Tech.
They also demanded creation of post of LHVs in new PHCs, publication of seniority list of FMPHWs in the official website of the Health Department for bringing transparency in promotions, 50% quota to be allotted in favour of trained LHVs at par with MMPHSs promoted as Health Educators and amendment of SRO 20 dated 20-04-1992 which is pending in the administrative department for last 27 years.
The speakers appealed Dr Sameer Mattoo, Director, Family Welfare, J&K, to solve the matter as early as possible so that the FMPHWs can attend national vaccination programme for Measles & Rubella in favour of beneficiaries.
They appealed Governor SP Malik to intervene into the matter and resolve their demands at the earliest.
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