Dimapur, Nov. 3 (EMN): While considering the plight of suffering public due to the ongoing agitation imposed by the Nagaland In-Service Doctors’ Association (NIDA), the Angami Students’ Union (ASU) has called upon the state government to immediately negotiate and come to an acceptable solution. “While the state government may be minutely aware of the Union’s earlier representations and statements, the Angami Students’ Union is distressed by the inadequacy of the state government in addressing the issue of medical doctors’ age superannuation. There are certain speculated impediments of which the state government is apparently hesitating to heed to the demands of the state medical doctors and even instigating other forces to defend their unacceptable decisions,” ASU statement read. The union urged the state government to diligently address the issues by taking extraordinary decisions when it concerns about the fate of many lives such as the health sector. The union has ques
The medical profession is a noble profession, or so we are told. It is still a noble profession as we would all like to believe. To be a doctor is to inspire awe and respect in terms of knowledge, in terms of civilised conduct and the competency with specialised skills with which doctors would treat diseases and save human lives from preventable untimely mortality due to treatable medical conditions. The medical profession is considered amongst the highest of the calling of professions in terms of its nobility and service. To offer oneself in the hands of a fellow human, to allow them to explore our most private bodies and to allow them to put us to a near death situation to cut open and fix ailments and diseases certainly is no small act except for to revere in awe and deep admiration. It is no wonder, doctors are often considered next to God or even gods. The impasse between Nagaland In-Service Doctors’ Association (NIDA) and the Govt. of Nagaland is unfortunate and uncalled for. I
Dimapur, Oct. 29 (EMN): The Government of Nagaland has requested the Nagaland In-Service Doctors’ Association (NIDA) not to resort to agitation but wait for the report of the committee constituted to look into the disagreement over the medical doctors’ superannuation age. The state government had increased the superannuation age of medical doctors from 60 to 62 years through re-employment in the clinical sector and up to 65 years in medical college with same financial benefits as granted during their erstwhile service, but NIDA has demanded the enhancement of retirement age to 62 years for doctors without any condition and criteria. A press release issued by the secretary to the state government stated that the committee headed by Secretary Health and Family Welfare, which was set up after receiving NIDA’s representation in August this year, was in the process of initiating its work when the association submitted another representation calling for indefinite strike from October 2
Dimapur, Oct. 22 (EMN): The Nagaland In-Service Doctors’ Association (NIDA) has once again requested the government of Nagaland to immediately review its notification in connection with the enhancement of state’s medical doctors’ superannuation age. The association, in a statement, requested the government to make the “enhanced superannuation age of 62 years for doctors without any condition and criteria”. It also appealed to “recruit sufficient doctors to fill all the vacant and sanctioned posts and regularise all contract appointments made during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to run healthcare delivery system smoothly”. The association stated that the policy makers had failed to understand the finer points of the superannuation issue, which has become a matter of contention between NIDA and the government of Nagaland. “Instead of building a better relation between the two and addressing the issue with trust, the policy makers have rather used deceptive methods to mis
The Nagaland government has prohibited the state government doctors indefinite cease work from Monday and warned them of arrest if they go for the agitation, Chief Secretary J