Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 28: Jammu and Kashmir Govt Pharmacist Association, Jammu today announced its pro-active support to the Jammu Kashmir Medical Employees Federation’s series of protest dharnas at District headquarters for DPC of the Health Department employees.
The support was announced by Ch Jarnail Singh, Working President JKGPA Jammu, while addressing a press conference in presence of JKMEF President Sushil Sudan, here today.
Raise their genuine demand of Departmental Promotion Committee, which has not been done since four years, Ch Jarnail said that because of no DPC, the Health services are suffering as 1000 to 1500 promotional posts are lying vacant in many Health institutions of Jammu division and the system is overburdened in the hospitals.
“Despite the Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education Department issuing directions to the Director Health Services Jammu for fixing the date of DPC, the concerned officers in the Health Department Jammu are deliberately delaying the meet even as the Health employees are giving their best during the pandemic period of Covid -19,” he said.
Expressing dismay over the delaying attitude adopted by the Govt, the Association Working President appealed Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to personally look into the matter and fix responsibility for punishing those deliberately delaying Departmental Promotions.
Extending pro-active support to the JKMEF agitational programme, Ch Jarnail said that after a series of protest dharnas at district headquarters, the Government Pha-rmacists shall join Jammu Challo Programme in front of Directorate of Health Services complex on August 24.
Others, who were present in the press conference, included Kamal Jit Sawhney, Gen Sec JKGPA Jammu Province; S R P Singh, Bharat Bhushan (Distt President JKGPA) , Shaffkat Hussain (Distt Gen Secretary JKGPA), S Dharminder Singh, Madan Lal , Daleep Choudhary, Jugal Bakshi, Vishav Bandhu and Surjeet Kumar.
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