According to Aminullah, their demands included payment of two months outstanding stipend to over 240 house officers, payment of Health Practicing Allowance to all categories of doctors of ATH and 10% increase in salaries which was due from July. PHOTO: ONLINE
Provincial Doctors Association (PDA) President Dr Aminullah Afridi had announced the strike for an indefinite period on August 30.
He had pressed the provincial government to accept their demands. The decision was taken over dissatisfactory salary payments and mismanagement by the ATH administration.
Following PDA’s strike call, all junior and senior doctors of ATH suspended the services of indoor, outdoor, pathology and radiology departments throughout the day.
This exposed patients visiting the only tertiary care hospital in Hazara to multiple problems.
The patients included people visiting from Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
The protesting doctors also organised a rally within hospital premises, shouting slogans against PTI-led provincial government and ATH administration.
According to Aminullah, their demands included payment of two months outstanding stipend to over 240 house officers, payment of Health Practicing Allowance to all categories of doctors of ATH and 10% increase in salaries which was due from July. The abolition of PMDC exam, which house officers needed to take before they were issued licences, was another demand that was put forward.
He said the strike will continue till their demands were met.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2016.
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