National Health Mission employees to intensify protest if demands not met

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 1

Demanding regularisation of jobs and hike in salaries, employees working under the National Health Mission (NHM), Punjab, continued their protest at the Civil Surgeon’s office here on Wednesday.

The employees had participated in a state-level protest rally at Kharar yesterday. However, their demands are yet to be fulfilled by the government.

Community health officers, doctors, nurses, clerical, accounts branch and other contractual staff under the NHM are demanding regularisation of jobs. The employees had announced an indefinite protest at the Civil Surgeon’s office on November 25. At present, they are not doing the office work.

The protesting employees said a meeting was scheduled to be held with government representatives on Wednesday evening. They have announced to intensify the agitation if their demands were not fulfilled by the government.

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