Election fever has gripped the community of government medical officers as process for choosing the office bearers of the Provincial Medical Health Services (PMHS) starts. The PMHS is a powerful association of Government doctors of the state health services. In the first phase of the elections, the office bearers of the district units of the association would be elected. The general Secretary of the association, Dr Naresh Napalchyal said that the elections of district units would be completed before September 15. Meanwhile hectic activities are visible in the social media sites with many eligible candidates seeking support from the fraternity. It is learnt that former General Secretary Dr D P Joshi, CMO Rudraprayag Dr Saroj Naithani, outgoing General Secretary, Dr Naresh Napalchyal, Dr Anand Shukla, Dr BP Ramola and Dr NS Bisht have thrown their hats for the prestigious position of President. Similarly Dr Kush Airen, Dr DK Chakrapani and Dr Manoj Sharma are vying for the post of General Secretary of the association.
The state working committee, PMHS, as dissolved on August 06. The two year term of the present state unit of the PMHS was ending on September 2017.
The organizational elections of the PMHS take place after every two year. The present working committee was dissolved before completion of its term due to recent large scale transfers in which about 40 percent of the total doctors were transferred.