Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, May 12: After a series of protests at Doda, Udhampur, Rajouri, Poonch and others districts, Jammu and Kashmir Medical Employees Federation today organized a dharna under the leadership of president Sushil Sudan, here at CMO office Reasi.
A number of medical employees from Reasi district took part in the dharna and submitted a memorandum to Chief Medical Officer, Reasi highlighting their long pending demands.
These demands included immediate clearance of DPC of various categories and filling up of vacant posts in Health and Family Welfare Department, release of salary under 2211 head of Family Welfare employees working under new pension scheme and consolidated Safaiwalas who are without wages for the last five to 20 months, rank promotion of FMPHWs at par with other categories, creation of posts of District Pharmacy officers, Block Pharmacy Officers, etc.
The Federation is also demanding enhancement of FTA in favour of Basic Health Workers from Rs 45 to Rs 1000 per month, bringing pay of CHOs at par with Central Grades, risk allowance to all categories working in Health Department, sanction of uniform allowance, regularization of all pending cases, two and half day extra pay incentive to all non-gazetted and ministerial staff, creation of Post of Assistant Matron at Sub District Hospitals and Matron at all District Hospitals besides grades of staff nurses.
While addressing the dharna, Sushil Sudan accused the authorities of being insensitive towards genuine demands of the Medical employees, He warned to launch an intensified agitation if the Government does not concede the Federation demands.
Others, who addressed the dharna, included Vinod Kumar Sharma, Yougal Bakshi, Naresh Sharma, Bhanu Partap, Mansa Ram, Rakesh Kapoor, Mohd Afzal Wani, Rejinder Singh, Gurjeet Singh, Madhu Rani, Iqbal Singh and Kamal Jeet.
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