Himanta Biswa Sarma meets a delegation of Assam Medical Service Association

In the meeting which was held in the conference hall of the State Guest House in Koinadhora in Guwahati, Sarma asked Principal Secretary Health and Family Welfare Anurag Goel for taking the immediate steps for effecting time-scale promotion of the serving doctors.

He also asked him to do the needful for filling up the vacancies of the doctors for the betterment of the people of the state.

Discussing the issues, Sarma moreover asked the Principal Secretary to work on cadre review of the doctors, promotions and disparity in pay so that a decision can be taken very shortly.

He also informed the delegation that the government will affect pay hikes to the senior doctors with postgraduate degrees to address the pay disparities of the serving doctors. He also said that the Health Department will come out with a suitable notification for the increment of the doctors doing PG diploma under the Srimanta Sankardeva University of Health Sciences.

Moreover, for the career progression of the doctors, Sarma also assured the delegations that the government will increase the number of seats for the in-service doctors for pursuing PG degree in the State Medical Colleges. The number of seats will be increased to 40 from the existing 23.