Excelsior Correspondent
-Excelsior/Rakesh
JAMMU, Feb 26: After failure of the authorities to fulfill the genuine demands of the employees, Jammu Kashmir Medical Employees Federation (JKMEF) today held a one-day protest dharna in Madam Shashi Bala Memorial Park, Directorate of Health Services, Jammu under the chairmanship of its president, Sushil Sudan.
A large number of employees from all districts of Jammu division assembled in the park and raised slogans against the authorities concerned for ignoring their demands.
Their demands included immediate clearance of DPC of various categories, filling up of vacant posts in Health and Family Welfare Department strictly as per seniority, creation of posts of District Pharmacy Officers and Block Pharmacy Officers besides Section Officers in all the CMO offices and posts of Head Assistants at Block level and regular release of salary of FMPHWs working in Sub Centres under 2211 Family Welfare Head, who are without salary for last 12 to 14 months.
The Federation also demanded risk allowance for Health Department employees, regularization of daily rated workers, amendment of SRO 20 dated February 24, 1992, re-organization of ministerial cadre, fixation of 25% quota for training to Class IV employees for different Para Medical courses as departmental candidates on the basis of their experience with relaxation of qualification bar of 12th with science subject, DDO powers for Medical Officer at PHC level besides designating him as Zonal Medical Officer to improve functioning of Health Department.
The other demands were change of designation of each category after a time period of five years and release of salary of Family Welfare employees working under new pension scheme and consolidated Safaiwalas, who are without wages for the last several months.
Meanwhile, the Federation decided to hold dharna on March 14 at the same venue in case their demands were not fulfilled by then.
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