6th pay panel report Docs continue to protest in Jalandhar patients face hardships

As hundreds of doctors of the Punjab Civil Medical Services Association held a protest for the fourth consecutive day against delinking of non practise allowance from basic pay OPD and emergency services remained totally suspended.

After the authorities gave a nod to resume OPD services, which were suspended during the second wave, the Civil Hospital has been witnessing a footfall of around 1000 patients and the ESI Hospital nearly 400 patients daily. Due to the strike, patients had to return without any check up.On Wednesday, doctors had burnt an effigy of the state government. Transfer of doctors in Bathinda also irked their counterparts.Dr Harish Bhardwaj chief PCMS Association, said We are demanding at least 33 per cent NPA linked with basic pay and special salary for the work done by frontliners during the pandemic.Dr Vaninder Singh Riar condemned transfer of Dr Ankhi in Bathinda and said Clearly the doctor has been singled out due to the protests. First our NPA was brought down from 25 per cent to 20 per cent and then it was delinked from our basic pay. Our house rent allowance and rural area allowance has also been reduced from 5 per cent to 4 per cent.


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