Health, medical education staff oppose separate seniority list

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, February 18

Clerical and nursing staff, paramedics, laboratory staff, radiographers and operation theatre attendant unions organised a gathering to oppose the government’s decision to bifurcate seniority lists of the Health Department and Medical Education Department employees.

The employees also staged a protest outside the Principal’s office at the Government Medical College and demanded that the existing system of seniority in which a common list is prepared for the Health Department and medical education department be continued.

The association leaders stated that the Personnel Department on January 13 conducted a meeting in which senior officials of both the departments were present. They added that in the meeting, the decision was taken to prepare separate seniority lists.

“The decision is unjustified as doctors in both the departments have been left out from the framework. Moreover, none of the employees had raised the demand at any platform,” said Thakur, adding that the power struggle between the heads of the two departments was causing harm to the common employees.