Doctors furious over due salary
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 27 2011:
The newly absorbed 282 medical officers and dental surgeons of Manipur Health Services, who were recruited through MPSC, have not been paid their salaries for the last 9 months.
Highly agitated over this negligence of the state government, they are all set to approach the High Court.
Speaking to media persons at a press conference held at Manipur Press Club, Dr Noren, President, Medical Officers and Dental Surgeons Association, said that the salary of the 282 newly recruited Medical Officers and Dental Surgeons of Manipur Health Services have not been given for the last 9 months on the ground of non completion of MGEL.
The doctors and surgeons have been posted in different CHCs and PHCs of the state and have been performing their duties hence.
But, they have not paid their salaries so far.
They have lodged a complaint with the CM in this regard and the CM had given a one time relaxation on MGEL and arranged the salary for 6 months.
However, the salary was also not given based on the status of an employee, but on a lump sum basis as wages.
He further went on to say that after a writ petition was filed in the Gauhati High Court, the court had directed the state government to complete the formation of MGEL for the doctors by March 31.Concern officials never gave a satisfying answer when they were enquired about the non completion of MGEL.
On some occasions, they said that it would be completed in a month's time and on other occasions the officials said that the documents furnished by the doctors are insufficient for its completion.
There were even instances where the office doors of the Health services remained closed from inside and the concern staffs were busy playing cards inside, keeping aside the work for the completion of MGEL, he further alleged.
He further informed that the process of MGEL is not completed till today and the salary of the doctors have not been released because the Health services is not under the organized services recognized by the state government.
Manipur Finance Services, IAS, IPS, MCS and IPS etc are all under the organized services.
Hence, even police constables, as soon as they get recruited, receive their salaries without any problem.
So looking at all these, the Health Services need to be placed under organized services recognized by the state government and the MGEL of doctors be completed at the earliest possible time.