The State Government is planning to implement a new policy which will help in resolving the acute shortage of doctors in the mountainous areas of the state. The Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand Subhash Kumar disclosed this while speaking at a programme held on International Nurses Day here on Monday.
Kumar said that in the policy the Government would make it mandatory for the doctors to serve a definite time period in the mountainous areas which would be mentioned clearly in their appointment letters. He added that the government would give 10 per cent more salary to doctors who would wish to increase their period of stay in mountainous areas. He assured that he will soon convene a meeting of nursing association with officials of health, finance and personnel departments to look into the demands of nurses. The president of U’khand Nurses Association Rameshwari Negi, general secretary Rekha Bisht and Chief Medical Superintendent of Doon hospital Dr RS Aswal were also present on the occasion.