Health ministry may take up doctors’ promotion issue in November

Issues a circular calling meeting of promotion committee

ISLAMABAD: Doctors awaiting promotions for years in the federal capital’s hospitals are likely to get good news next month.

Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination has called a meeting of departmental promotion committees of public hospitals of Islamabad in the second week of November to consider promotion of doctors.

Promotion committee will review the cases of doctors of grade 17 and above and nurses and other paramedical staff who were not promoted in the meeting held earlier in October.

The health ministry has issued a circular calling meeting of promotion committee in which the heads of Pims, Polyclinic, Federal General Hospital, and Federal Medical and Dental Hospital have been directed to provide all working papers until October 27.

In its meeting held this month, the departmental promotion committee had promoted only 38 out of 80 doctors awaiting promotions in the next grade.

The committee promoted only those doctors who were recruited through Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC), officials said.

However, some 40 doctors regularised on ex-PM Yousuf Raza Gillani’s orders after recommendations from Khursheed Shah’s Committee along with other two posted in the hospital from other provinces on deputation had been completely ignored in the process. Health Ministry Secretary Allah Baksh Malik had told The Express Tribune, on being approached, had said that departmental promotion committee would review cases of affected doctors in its meeting in November.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 26^th, 2019.