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Post Punjab govt assurance, no doctors protest till July 6 : The Tribune India

761 Tribune News Service Chandigarh, July 2 The Punjab Civil Medical Services doctors today suspended their week-long protest following an assurance by Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu to take up their demands with Cabinet colleagues. A delegation of the joint coordination committee led by Dr Gagandeep Singh, PCMS Association president, met Sidhu to discuss their demand for withdrawal of the Sixth Pay Commission recommendation to reduce their non-practicing allowance (NPA) from 25 per cent to 20 per cent and delink it from the basic pay. “We met the minister today, who assured that our demand would be discussed in the Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting, scheduled for July 6. He assured that the order regarding the NPA would be set aside. Thus we have postponed our protest till Tuesday,” Dr Gagandeep Singh told The Tribune.

Punjab doctors extend strike as association leader shifted

2327 Tribune News Service Chandigarh, July 1 Doctors working in Punjab Government-run health facilities who observed a daylong strike today have decided to continue their agitation on Friday as well after an association leader heading the protest in Bathinda was transferred to Fazilka. PCMSA threatens to intensify agitation Transferring an association leader amid the protest is sheer victimisation. We may go in for an indefinite stir if the transfer orders aren’t cancelled. Dr Gagandeep Shergill, PCMSA a senior Vice-President The patients were at the receiving end across Punjab as OPDs, elective surgeries and online consultations remained suspended, though emergency and Covid-related services functioned as usual.

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