GMC Rajouri withholds salaries of staff absent during Indo-Pak conflict
Rajouri: The Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital in Rajouri has announced that it will withhold the salaries of several staff members who were found absent from duty during the recent armed conflict between India and Pakistan, an official said on Tuesday. The period of absence shall be treated as unauthorized absence for these employees.
The punished workers include faculty, consultants, senior residents, junior residents, staff nurses, paramedical staff, technical staff, ministerial staff, multi-tasking staff, interns, and many others who fled the town on May 7, the order read.
"Furthermore, the said period shall be treated as unauthorized absence, and appropriate entries shall be made in their service records/service books in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations," Principal, GMC Rajouri Prof (Dr) A S Bhatia said in the order, news agency PTI reported.
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The facility serves as a key medical institution for the entire Pir Panjal region spread across border districts of Rajouri and Poonch - both worst-hit in the artillery and mortar shelling by Pakistan.
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