The Authorities Authorized Coordination Committee for Medical Practitioners (LCC) has urged the Tamil Nadu authorities to handle a sequence of long-pending calls for together with wage revisions, employees shortages, regularization of contract employees and welfare measures for docs working within the public well being system.
In an announcement addressed to the Minister of Well being, the committee congratulated the brand new authorities and known as on it to prioritize the calls for of presidency docs, together with the implementation of wage quota 4 after 12 years of service below Decree No. 354. The committee stated docs within the Tamil Nadu authorities, together with specialists and superspecialists, are paid lower than docs in a number of different states regardless of the state’s achievements in lowering maternal and toddler mortality charges.
The committee additionally requested the federal government to supply a authorities job to the spouse of presidency physician Dr Vivekanandan, who died within the line of obligation in the course of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s stated that repeated appeals in search of aid for the household have remained unresolved for greater than 5 years.
Amongst different calls for, the LCC sought regularization of 400 dental surgeons who’ve been engaged on contract for greater than 15 years in main well being centres. The docs stated they continued to work with out everlasting employment, promotions or enough pay.
He additionally known as for doubling the variety of physician and nurse positions in public hospitals and appointing dental surgeons to all main well being facilities. It additionally demanded withdrawal of the Rule 17(b) cost memorandum issued towards S. Perumal Pillai, chairman of the Authorities Medical Authorized Coordination Committee, for main a protest highlighting the calls for of docs.
