The Ayurveda doctors of state health services would decide on future course of their agitation after meeting the State Chief Minister Harish Rawat. The meeting is scheduled on Sunday night. Meanwhile the association of the Ayurveda doctors, the Provincial Ayurveda Medical officers service has threatened that it would ask the Government to recall the Ayurveda doctors sent to deputation to the three Government Ayurveda colleges of the State. It is learnt that more than 300 such doctors are working in deputation in these colleges and if these doctors are recalled than the recognition of MD and BAMS courses offered by these colleges would be jeopardised. The Preisdent of the association Dr KS Napalchiyal said that in the Gurukul college, Rishikul college and the college of Ayurveda university large number of Ayurveda doctors are deployed and these doctors receiving a grade pay of `5400 and working on the posts of Grade pays `6500 and `7600. He said that the association would intensify its stir in the next few days if the State Government continues to ignpore the demands of the Ayurveda doctors. Dr Napalchayal however added that based on the outcome of the meeting with the Chief Minister, the final decision would be taken by the association.
The members of the association are sitting on a relay hunger strike at Ayush directorate from last six days.
The Ayurveda doctors are demanding implementation of Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP) and Non Practice Pay (NPP) for them like their allopath counterparts. The other demands of these doctors are restructuring of the cadre, departmental promotions, benefit of ACP, disbursal of Post Graduation allowance and authority to counter sign medical certificates.