The Uttarakhand Government has posted 13 doctors at District Government hospitals in Pauri and the list of these doctors signed by the Director Health Dr lK Gusain has reached in the district hospital.
These doctors were recently promoted to posts of Joint Directors in the department. Out of the 13 doctors, three doctors have been posted in District Women’s Hospital and 10 doctors in District Hospital at Pauri.Following this development, the Jan Chetna Manch has suspended its protest demanding for appointment of doctors to vacant posts in these two hospitals for last 15 days in front of Pauri Collectorate.
The agitation supported by various organisations was suspended on the assurance of District Magistrate Chandra Shekhar Bhatt on Tuesday.
Director, Medical and Health, Dr lK Gusain told The Pioneer that 13 doctors had been posted to the hospitals in Pauri with the order of their posting being received in their offices concerned. They have been given seven days to join the post in the district hospitals in Pauri. Dr Gusain said that if the doctors fail to join their posts within the given duration, action will be taken against them. Out of the 108 doctors promoted to the post of joint director, 90 joint directors have been posted in the different mountainous districts of Uttarakhand. The promoted doctors will receive an increment of upto Rs 20,000 and will not miss the opportunity, he said, expressing hope that they join their posts in Pauri on time.
Health, director, Garhwal, Dr SD Uniyal said that two doctors -Pramod Kumar Chandola (orthopedic) and Narendra Singh Tomar (Anaesthetist) were serving in the district hospital and posted here again after promotion. The other doctors promoted to join director posts, Jagdish Chandra Dhyani (physician), Suresh Kothiyal (physician), Vinod Singh Tolia, Uma Shankar Kandwal (pathologist), Narendra Raturi (child specialist), Ranvir Singh and Mahesh Prasad Bhatt (surgeon) have been posted in Pauri District hospital, while Dr Raj Pal Singh Rana (paediatrician), Kumar Khadendra (anaesthetist) and Purushottam Ram Pandey (Gynaecologist) have been posted in District women’s hospital at Pauri.
Jan Chetna Manch convener Dalbir Singh Negi said that a delegation of protestors met the DM and stressed that the agitation will end after the 13 doctors start working in the two hospitals. They suspended their agitation for 10 days on the assurance of the DM CS Bhatt while warning that they would resume the agitation if the doctors failed to join.
It is pertinent to mention that The Pioneer had elicited focus on the need for posting joint directors to mountainous regions to redress the problems caused by shortage of doctors.