Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 20: Executive member of the Jammu and Kashmir Dental Council (JKDC), Dr Bhupinder Singh, has sought ex-gratia relief for dental practitioners who have no other source of income.
Dr Bhupinder said that in his letter to all the members of JKDC, he has proposed that the funds which are presently available with the JKSDC may be utilized to help those dental practitioners who are unemployed and have no other source of income other than private practice to meet their both ends.
“If approved, a fixed amount from the available funds of JKSDC may very kindly be provided to the unemployed dental surgeons as an ex-gratia relief so that they may be able to cope up with present scenario put forth by the COVID-19,” he added.
It is pertinent to mention here that Dr Gautam Sharma, Ex-President of Indian Dental Association (IDA) Jammu, had recently demanded an economic package for the dental surgeons.
Dr Bhupinder also extended support to the demand of Dr Gautam Sharma, saying that private dental practitioners who were solely dependent on their income from the dental clinics are worst hit due to lockdown and even after lifting of lockdown, these dentists will not be able to work on patients at least for 2-3 months but they have to pay the rent of the clinics, salary of the employees, pending bills and loans from the bank.
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