Haryana doctors defer strike after Health Minister assurance
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Chandigarh: The doctors attached to Haryana Civil Medical Services Association (HCMSA) have decided to postpone their strike till 31st December after the Health Minister assured them that their demands will be fulfilled by the end of the month.
The doctors were supposed to close OPD services on Monday i.e. 13.12.2021 and to stop all services including Emergency and Post Mortem from 14.12.2021.
In a memorandum to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, the association mentioned its three main demands including creating a specialist cadre for doctors, stopping the direct recruitment of Senior Medical Officers (SMOs), and amending the post-graduate policy. It said these demands were pending despite several representations to the government.
The association further stated, " Due to the shortage of doctors, the specialists are overburdened and are not able to render quality services to the patients. Many specialists are leaving the job due to such conditions. The issue of the formation of specialist cadre is pending for many years. Thereafter a committee was constituted at DGHS level which has drafted a proposal for making specialist cadre. The committee has submitted the proposal to ACS health but it is pending there since days and no satisfactory progress has been done on such a sensitive issue. It should be expedited."
" Our another demand is the recruitment of direct SMO to be stopped. Direct SMO recruitment has stagnated 95% of 1-1('MS cadre and doctors are getting only one promotion (SNlO) throughout their entire service. Hence, such recruitment should be stopped", stated the memo.
Highlighting their third demand, the association added, " We have suggested some changes in PG policy. Earlier there used to be 10%. 20 %. 30% incentive to in-service candidates for done PG. Now we have demanded to restore the previous fix quota for in-service candidates and adding superspeciality courses. This will increase the number of in-service doctors pursuing for PG course and also that the department will get more Specialists."
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