Medical employees stage dharna, submit memorandum to CMO

Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, May 8: In connection with its series of protests at district level, Jammu and Kashmir Medical Employees Federation today staged a day-long dharna here today under the leadership of president Sushil Sudan, at CMO office.
Medical employees from entire Ramban district took part in the dharna and submitted a memorandum to Chief Medical Officer, Ramban highlighting their long pending demands.
In the memorandum, the Federation highlighted the demands, which include  immediate clearance of DPC of various categories and filling up of vacant posts in Health and Family Welfare Department, release of salary of Family Welfare employees working under new pension scheme and consolidated Safaiwalas, rank promotion of FMPHWs at par with other categories, creation of posts of District Pharmacy officers, Block Pharmacy Officers,  enhancement of FTA in favour of Basic Health Workers, 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.
The protest dharna was addressed by Sushil Sudan and others, including Vinod Kumar Sharma, C L Koul, Mohd Akhtar, Farooq Mohd and Ramesh Hangloo.