STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The Jammu Kashmir Medical Employees Federation (JKMEF) President Sushil Sudan hailed the statement given by Minister of State for Health and Medical Education on the floor of House to enhance the age of doctors in view of shortage of doctors in the State. In a meeting held here today, Sudan, while welcoming the decision of Union Health Minister for enhancing the age of doctors in Central Govt departments, remind the authorities that there are about 2,500 unemployed doctors in J&K State besides 2,000 doctors get passed out every year from different Medical Colleges which results the increase of unemployed doctors.
Further the system of re-employing retired doctors in National Health Mission and other schemes including Tuberculosis/Epidemiology added further miseries to the unemployed doctors, he said adding that this practice needs to be stopped forthwith so that unemployed doctors are absorbed in such schemes to avoid crisis. He also stressed the government to enhance the retirement age of para medical staff working in Health and Medical Education Department.
Others who attended the meeting Vinod Kumar Sharma, Jarnail Choudhary, Bharat Bhushan Bhagat, C.L Koul, Mohd Saleem, Manjeet Singh, Vishal Patil, Suresh Gupta, Pawan Singh Jamwal, Shafqat Hussian, Harpal Singh, Anoop Singh, Aslam Bhai, Neelam Kumari, Kamla Devi, Mamta Devi, Mahima Devi, Rekha Rani and Kulraj Kumar.
