Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 26: Unemployed dental surgeons today organised a free dental check up camp outside Government Dental Hospital to lodge their protest against the Government’s callousness towards them.
The unemployed dental surgeons assembled outside Government Dental Hospital at Ambphalla Chowk and held a free dental check up camp. Dental surgeons examined the passerby.
Meanwhile, the female dental surgeons under the banner of Dental Surgeons Association (DSA) continued their chain hunger strike for the 14th consecutive day, whereas the dharna by the association entered 26th day here today.
Continuing the chain hunger strike, Dr Neha Pathania was sitting on fast to carry forward the movement of the association.
Chairman of the association Dr Pawan Singh Jasrotia informed that to highlight the irresponsible attitude of the Government towards the Dentistry, a free dental check up was conducted for the by-passers in front of Government Dental Hospital, Jammu, so as to aware the common masses regarding oral health, pathetic and oppressed condition of unemployed dental surgeons in J&K.
He stated that 74 patients were checked in three hours which shows that there is need of oral health care in the society.
NC-Congress Coalition Government is least bothered about oral health care in the State and is making the general masses of the state fool by its false claims regarding improvement in health sector, he alleged.
Dr Jasrotia further informed that if their demands including complete absorption of unemployed dental youth, recruitment of dental surgeons on yearly basis and establishment of separate directorate for dental health in the State were not conceded, the association will protest aggressively in the days to come and will gherao Civil Secretariat at Srinagar.
He also appealed everyone to come forward and join their protest on humanitarian grounds, adding that their protest will continue till their demands are redressed.
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