District convention of JKMEF held

Excelsior Correspondent
REASI, June 18:  One day convention of Jammu Kashmir Medical Employees Federation (JKMEF), District Reasi, was held, here today  at District Hospital Complex, under the chairmanship of  District president Abdul Hamid Bhat.
The convention was attended by a large number of Medical employees from entire Reasi district while  Sushil Sudan, president of  the Medical Employees Federation, Jammu Division, was  chief guest  on the occasion.
During the convention, the speakers highlighted various demands, which include enhancement of retirement age of Para Medical  staff at par with Doctors, release of salary of staff working under 2211-Family Welfare Scheme, creation of posts of District Pharmacy Officer and Block Pharmacy Officers, enhancement of FTA from Rs 45 to Rs 2000 to Basic Health employees, creation of posts of Head Assistants in Block Headquarters and CMO offices, removal of pay anomalies of clerical cadre and other categories, regular DPC of all categories, amendment of SRO 20 pending for the last two decades, creation of posts of LHVs in new PHCs so that FMPHWs are absorbed in such PHCs on promotion.
The convention was addressed by  Sushil Sudan, Mohd Saleem, Manjeet Singh, Bharat Bhushan Bhagat, Ram Lal, Mohd Afzal Wani, Bhanu Partap, Sanjay Kumar Kesar, Mohd Sharif, Sharana Devi and others.
The speakers urged the Government to consider their demands, which they claimed, are genuine and long pending.