The medical and health services were hit in the Government district hospitals and health centres after Class-IV employees boycotted in Doon Hospital in Dehradun on Thursday. The agitators cleared that they will intensify their agitation if their demands are not met by the State Government in the near future.
The Class-IV employees under the banner of Class-IV State Employees Union protest at Doon Hospital and shouted anti department slogans. They lamented that promotion has been granted to only those Class-IV employees who are deployed at medical, health and family welfare directorate. They demanded from the State Government to also equally consider them for promotion and other perks.
Speaking on the occasion, Nelson Kumar Arora, District president, Class-IV State Employees Union said that union will not tolerate disparity in the department. Addressing the gathering, Manvar Singh Negi said that Class-IV employees from different cadre which include Homeopathy and Ayurveda will boycott the medical and health services in order to support their demands.
Expressing his views, Guru Prasad Godiyal said that the union has been demanding from the State Government to sanction risk, food, traveling allowance etc and timely promotion of the Class-IV. The agitators cleared that they will withdraw their agitation only when their pending demands would be fulfilled. Malti Bisht, State vice-president, Sanjay Pal, Dinesh Gusain, Shampal, Anil Kumar, Surendra, Subhash, Sunil Wadia, Naveen Sharma, etc were also present.