Maha Health Minister urges officials to submit Health Policy proposal
Prakash Abitkar
Mumbai: In a move to expand and strengthen the healthcare system, Maharashtra Health Minister Prakash Abitkar on Monday directed officials to immediately submit a proposal for the state's health policy in order to make the public health department more dynamic, people-oriented and transparent.
Minister Abitkar, who chaired a high-level meeting, also gave instructions on the inclusion of contractual employees working under the National Health Mission in government service and the early submission of a proposal for an increase in their honorarium, news agency IANS reported.
He also asked the administration to follow up on the government decision of the Women and Child Welfare Department regarding the inclusion of employees under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana.
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“There should be transparency in the transfer process of medical officers. Administrative transfers of medical officers, who have served for more than eight years, should be done through counselling, and after that, the transfer on request should be made. Also, transfers of officers in the S-23 pay scale should be done by looking at their report cards, and inter-district transfers of community health officers should be done first before May 31. They should be given a convenient district and then carry out intra-district transfers,” said the minister.
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