The federal government has chosen punitive measures as a substitute of addressing the long-pending calls for, mentioned an office-bearer of the Chhattisgarh Pradesh NHM Karamchari Sangh.
The Nationwide Well being Mission is geared toward offering common entry to equitable, inexpensive and high quality well being care companies. A variety of well being employees, together with docs and nurses, are engaged underneath this programme.
As per authorities officers, the chief physique of the State Well being Committee, in its assembly on August 13, accepted 4 of the ten calls for raised by the contractual NHM workers. Additional, a committee has been fashioned to look at three extra calls for, whereas the remaining three, together with regularisation of companies, shall be determined on the highest stage of presidency, they mentioned.
Regardless of repeated notices, when the protesting workers didn't resume obligation, 25 staffers have been dismissed from service, an official mentioned.As per the termination order issued on September 3, the act of defying the notices and persevering with with the protest quantities to “misconduct as per the Chhattisgarh Civil Companies Conduct Guidelines, 1965″ and violation of “clause 34.3 of the Human Useful resource Coverage-2018”.“You got a chance to report underneath pure justice, which was not adopted. Therefore, your contractual appointment stands terminated with instant impact,” it added.
Amongst those that are dismissed embrace Chhattisgarh Pradesh NHM Karamchari Sangh president Dr Amit Kumar Miri, basic secretary Kaushlesh Tiwari, and Pranntiya Sanrakshak Hemant Kumar Sinha.
“This repressive motion (termination order) by the administration is totally unfair and a hindrance to dialogue. Angered by this transfer, 14,678 officers and workers of NHM throughout the state have up to now submitted their resignations,” Sinha instructed PTI, including that the strike will proceed until their calls for are met.
“Round 16,000 contractual NHM workers are on indefinite strike, and the remaining can even submit their resignations quickly,” he added.
Dr Miri mentioned the NHM workers have been agitating throughout the ambit of constitutional rights since August 18 over their 10-point calls for, which additionally embrace the creation of a public well being cadre, grade pay, and compassionate appointments.
“The agitation has change into a compulsion after submitting memoranda 160 occasions with out receiving any response from the administration. Through the protest, warning letters and dismissal orders are being despatched on WhatsApp at nice pace. If the identical urgency had been proven in resolving our calls for, this case wouldn't have arisen,” he alleged.
He claimed that the administration doesn't need the federal government to determine dialogue with workers or arrive at an answer.
State's Managing Director (NHM) Dr Priyanka Shukla instructed PTI that the August 13 government committee assembly had already addressed most of the calls for.
“Two calls for – transparency in confidential report (CR) analysis and 30 days of paid depart in circumstances of exigency or well being points – have been fulfilled. Two extra calls for, a 27 per cent wage hike and a minimal of Rs 10 lakh cashless medical health insurance, have additionally been accepted and are underneath course of for implementation,” she mentioned.
“The remaining three calls for – regularisation, creation of a public well being cadre, and reservation in recruitment to common posts – shall be taken up on the highest stage of presidency,” she added.