LAHORE, Aug. 6 (TNS): The doctors of the YDA have demanded the removal of health secretary, Najam Ahmad Shah, from his position and the cancellation of the Centralized Induction Policy, introduced by him.
The doctors of the association say since the health secretary is an engineer he is not unable to relate to or understand the issues of the doctors of health department.
According to the protesting doctors, Central Induction Policy discriminates between the ones who have graduated from government institutes and those who have received their education from private ones. Since majority of the doctors have graduated from private medical colleges, they want the policy to be revoked and equal system be set for all.
As the strike called by Young Doctors Association entered its sixth day on Sunday, YDA demands 66 dismissed doctors should be immediately reinstated. The association has also warned their protest would continue in view of the strict action taken by the Minister for Specialized Healthcare Khawaja Salman Rafiq issuing dismissal orders for the staff on strike.
“It is the PML-N Punjab government, which is keeping outpatient departments of government hospitals closed as it has not accepted the demands of the protesting doctors. The patients’ sufferings are because of the government, the health secretary and not for the reason that YDA medics are demanding their genuine rights,” said a spokesman of the YDA.
