Chief Medical and health officer (CMHO), South Bastar Dantewada district has terminated the services of 40 health workers and has given in written for filing first information report against four office bearers of 102/108 Employees Association on Saturday.
In a letter to the City Kotwali Station Incharge, CMHO Dantewada had stated that the 102/108 employees working in South Bastar Dantewada has been on indefinite strike from July 16. The Human Resources department of GVK/EMRI had given final intimation on July 19 to be present on duty but till date they had not joined duty. The health services have been affected due to the strike.
Office of labour Commissioner, Raipur in order 82.2018 dated July 16, 2018 has imposed Essential Services Maintenance (ESMA) section 10(3) and has declared the strike as illegal.
CMHO has urged the Station Incharge to filed FIR against 102/108 Association office bearers, Rajesh Patel president , Ramesh Bhawani vice president and Dinesh Yadav secretary, all from District Hospital Dantewada and Pawan Gupta, treasurer of Community Health Centre, Geedham.
In an another order issued on Saturday, CMHO had terminated the services of 40 health employees working on contract basis in District Hospital, Community Health Centre, Primary Health Centres and Sub Health Centres working under National Health Mission programme holding indefinite strike on the call of state level Joint Progressive Employees Federation, Chhattisgarh (Samyukt Pragitisheel Karmachari Mahasangh) at district level. As per office order on July 17 all striking employees were asked to join duty as the essential services were being affected in the district.
Based on the District Health Committee chairman district collector, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Chhattisgarh in an order issued on Friday had terminated the employees with immediate effect. These include data entry operator, lab Technicians AMOs, ANMs of Chief Medical and Health Officer office of Dantewada, Community Health Centre Dantewada, Kuwakonda, Katekalyan and Block Medical Officer office Dantewada.
District South Bastar Dantewada Chief Medical and Health officer H l Thakur when contacted said that with monsoon on ground level the epidemics and other diseases are on the rise. At this crucial time of providing health services, these staff have gone for indefinite strike. Even after serving notice to these employees they had not joined the services. It has affected the essential health services at the ground to district level.
On alternative arrangement after termination, he said that six months before advertisement was issued calling to fill the vacant posts in which around 150-200 selected candidates are in waiting list. If the employees do not return to service, then these candidates would be deputed at the centres. Even the 102/108 services have been affected due to indefinite strike. The strike when will end is unknown so to restore the essential services, the steps have been taken, he further added.