Govt. doctors await call for talks
Two weeks after federation of doctors’ associations called off strike, no word yet
14/11/2019 , Special Correspondent, CHENNAI
Representatives of FOGDA at a press meet in Chennai on Wednesday.
Close to two weeks after they called off their indefinite strike, doctors affiliated to the Federation of Government Doctors Association (FOGDA) are disappointed that the State government has made no efforts to call them for talks. They have urged the Chief Minister and Health Minister to convene talks and take steps to fulfil their long-pending demands.
Lakshmi Narasimhan, convenor of FOGDA, said they met Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar six times after withdrawing the strike, urging him to convene talks with the federation. FOGDA had launched a State-wide indefinite strike on October 25 that lasted for seven days.
“We called off the strike without any conditions on November 1, following requests from the Chief Minister and Health Minister. The Health Minister had said that the government was ready to convene talks with the striking doctors and arrive at a solution to our demands if we withdraw the strike. After we called off the strike, we met the Health Secretary who said that a meeting would be held the following week,” he told reporters on Wednesday. He said when they met Dr. Vijayabaskar in Pudukottai, the Minister said that an announcement on pay band-4, which was “acceptable” to all, would be made, and other demands would be discussed. “But till now, neither have we been called for talks nor has there been any indications from the government to convene them,” he said.
FOGDA has been demanding pay band-4 as per a prospective clause in Government Order 354, implementation of GO (4D)-2 on doctors posts’, taking into account the number of patients instead of students’ strength, counselling for service postgraduates and retaining 50% service quota in postgraduation courses.
FOGDA has also urged the government to revoke the transfers of doctors who participated in the strike. Many State and district-level organisers of the strike were transferred.
Two weeks after federation of doctors’ associations called off strike, no word yet
14/11/2019 , Special Correspondent, CHENNAI
Representatives of FOGDA at a press meet in Chennai on Wednesday.
Close to two weeks after they called off their indefinite strike, doctors affiliated to the Federation of Government Doctors Association (FOGDA) are disappointed that the State government has made no efforts to call them for talks. They have urged the Chief Minister and Health Minister to convene talks and take steps to fulfil their long-pending demands.
Lakshmi Narasimhan, convenor of FOGDA, said they met Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar six times after withdrawing the strike, urging him to convene talks with the federation. FOGDA had launched a State-wide indefinite strike on October 25 that lasted for seven days.
“We called off the strike without any conditions on November 1, following requests from the Chief Minister and Health Minister. The Health Minister had said that the government was ready to convene talks with the striking doctors and arrive at a solution to our demands if we withdraw the strike. After we called off the strike, we met the Health Secretary who said that a meeting would be held the following week,” he told reporters on Wednesday. He said when they met Dr. Vijayabaskar in Pudukottai, the Minister said that an announcement on pay band-4, which was “acceptable” to all, would be made, and other demands would be discussed. “But till now, neither have we been called for talks nor has there been any indications from the government to convene them,” he said.
FOGDA has been demanding pay band-4 as per a prospective clause in Government Order 354, implementation of GO (4D)-2 on doctors posts’, taking into account the number of patients instead of students’ strength, counselling for service postgraduates and retaining 50% service quota in postgraduation courses.
FOGDA has also urged the government to revoke the transfers of doctors who participated in the strike. Many State and district-level organisers of the strike were transferred.
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