The Ayurveda doctors of State health service would start their relay hunger strike at Ayurveda directorate from Tuesday. These doctors are demanding implementation of Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP) and Non Practice Pay (NPP). Ayurveda doctors got irked when the Government extended the benefit of DACP to allopathic doctors recently.
The president of association of Government Ayurveda and Yunani Medical Service, Dr KS Napalchyal said that three doctors each from every district will participate in the relay hunger strike. He said the association has decided not to undertake work boycott so that patients are not affected.
Dr Napalchyal said that the Ayurveda doctors of central health services are receiving the benefit of DACP and NPP like allopathic doctors and many states also follow this practice but in Uttarakhand the disparity remains due to which there is resentment among such doctors. He said that apart from allopathic doctors the veterinary doctors of state health service get these benefits but Ayurveda doctors are given a raw deal by the Government.