New scale-structures for young doctors were approved along with the regularization of contract employees.
Young doctors of Poly-clinic, PIMS have called off their strike following the increase in the health budget.
Earlier, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani told media sources that a committee would be formed to improve service structure of health practitioners.
He added that the committee is now due to submit its report within 15 days.
The prime minister also confirmed that doctors not doing private practice will be given heavy allowances.
More than three-thousand-five-hundred senior and young doctors of federal government hospitals are likely to benefit from the increase in the budget.
COMMENTS
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ