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Following a gathering with elder officials from the wellness and concern departments to sermon the long-pending demands of authorities doctors connected Monday, the Federation of Government Doctors’ Associations (FOGDA) has decided to hold for a week, and if satisfactory solutions are not forthcoming, plans to signifier a two-day token hunger onslaught successful the metropolis starting January 28.
The federation, successful a property release, said, this would beryllium the archetypal signifier of protestation to gully the attraction of the Chief Minister towards their demands, and would beryllium followed by further protests. Until then, each authorities doctors person been told to proceed their duties portion wearing protestation badges.
P. Senthilkumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare and Arun Sundar Thayalan, Special Secretary, Finance Department were contiguous successful the gathering with representatives of the doctors’ associations.
FOGDA discussed their request for redefinition/revision of Government Order 354 (relating to wage and promotions) issued successful 2009 and insisted that the revision indispensable beryllium carried retired this clip without fail. They expressed interest that since 2018, not adjacent erstwhile has G.O. 354 been revised.
FOGDA raised the contented of astir 4,000 Primary Health Centre doctors being denied ₹3,000 successful their wage nether Government Order 293 and amended G.O. 2. They besides demanded that postgraduate increment should beryllium fixed arsenic a standalone increment, instauration of caller aesculapian posts proportionate to the existent diligent load, and restoration of aesculapian posts that were reduced during a restructuring exercise.
The officials had said that a determination connected their demands would beryllium taken and announced soon aft obtaining orders from the Chief Minister with the support of the Finance Minister and Finance Secretary, the merchandise said.
