Paramedical staffs, who were appointed in regular vacant posts at the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) here last year, have threatened to resort a cease-work agitation protesting against non-payment of their salary for the last seven months.
Sources said as many 68 paramedical staffs including seven staff nurses and laboratory technicians, each, 15 male and 39 female health workers were appointed in Kendrapada under the Health and Family Welfare Department on June 7, 2013.Surprisingly, they have not received any salary since their joining in that area. A group of paramedical staffs recently submitted a petition to the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) threatening to launch cease-work agitation if their pending salary and grade pay are not provided on a priority basis.
When contacted, CDMO Jnanindra Kumar Tripathy stated that he has brought the matter to the notice of the NRHM Director and Health and Family Welfare Principal Secretary umpteen times to take step for disbursing the arrear dues of the paramedical staffs.