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Minister warns of action against doctors

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Minister for Health P.K. Sreemathy has warned of stringent action against doctors posted for Sabarimala duty if they do not report for work.

In an official press note here on Thursday she said that a team of 25 doctors and 63 nursing and para medical staff had been posted on special duty for providing medical help to the Sabarimala pilgrims who required it during the Mandala pooja season in the dispensaries of the Health Department at Sannidhanam, Neelimala, Pampa, Erumeli, Nilakkal and Pathanamthitta.

The government had directed the DHS and the DMOs to relieve on November 15 itself the doctors belonging to the first batch if they had not been relieved so far. According to the order issued to them, they should report for duty before the Pathanamthitta DMO on November 16.

The government asked the DMOs to report to the government and the District Collectors concerned the names and details of the doctors who failed to do so.

Staff Reporter adds: The Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA) has pointed out that the government has eroded the very spirit of the speciality and administrative cadre by declaring a ‘package’ which gives doctors only fancy designations but no commensurate increase in pay. KGMOA can in no way accept the government’s decision to retain the basic pay scale of doctors at Rs.11,910 when the Planning Board itself has recommended a basic pay of Rs.20,000 to Rs.25,000 for doctors, KGMOA said in a statement. In the name of specialty cadre implementation, what the government has done is to categorise some of the existing Assistant-Civil Surgeon posts into new designations. Already, 400 doctors in Health Service have completed over 20 years service, out of which 300 doctors are specialists. These doctors are in no way going to benefit by getting the designations of Senior Consultants and Chief Consultants when their pay scales remain the same.

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