Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 19: Jammu Kashmir Medical Employees Federation (JKMEF), Block Chowki Choura (Jammu) organized one-day protest dharna under the presidentship of its president Ashok Kumar to highlight the burning issues of medical employees.
Speaking on the occasion, Ashok Kumar highlighted various demands including early conduct of DPC of all the categories pending for last four years. He said that DPC is supposed to be held twice in a year but despite repeated representations and deputations, authorities did not bother to conduct the same.
He asserted that the DPC of employees should be clear at par with the Government Medical College/Drug and Food Organization on the pattern of executive order passed by the administrative department till the SRO-20 is not amended.
Kumar said that the front line workers of the Department who lost their life while fighting COVID -19 are deprived from the compensation/insurance announced by the UT Government which has demoralized the spirit of the employees.
The JKMEF leader also highlighted other demands including release of pending salary of the Female Multi Purpose Health Workers which is due for last 5 months, registration of Government pharmacists under New Central Pharmacy Act 1948 and amendment in SRO 20 the file of which is gathering dust in the Civil Secretariat for last 30 years.
While addressing the dharna, Sushil Sudan (J&K president of JKMEF), Madan Lal (senior Federation leader) urged the UT Government to consider the demand of the medical employees at the earliest.
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