Punjab Govt fails to pay 300 specialist doctors for over 5 months
Patiala: In wake of 'confusion' over allowances to be paid, the Punjab Health Department has failed to pay salaries to 300 newly recruited specialist doctors for over five months now.
The issue erupted when the state government while recruiting these 300 specialist doctors last year did not mention the pay in detail. The appointment letters given to these doctors only stated that their pay would be as per the relevant level in the 7th central pay commission. However, it did not mention the corresponding allowances as well.
With no clarity over the allowances, specialists have now gone months without pay. Expressing agitation, one of the medical practitioners awaiting his salary has called it an administrative failure that consequently gives a reason to stay away from the government sector.
This comes as another obstacle for the Punjab government that is already facing a doctor shortage amid the ongoing pandemic situation.
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