Demanding regularization besides redressal of other issues, the National Health Mission (NHM) employees today continued their agitation for the 17th consecutive day and held a strong protest demonstration at Press Club, Jammu.
The protesting employees raised slogans in support of their demands and warned that they will not call off their agitation until their demands are addressed.
Thousands of NHM employees including employees from Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), J&K State AIDS Control Society and other schemes of National Health Mission raised slogans against the government for its false promises like framing a job policy.
Chief spokesperson, Joint Action Coordination Committee of NHM Union Jammu Division, Faizan A Tramboo informed the media that Government of J&K is not paying any heed to their genuine demands and is forcing them to take aggressive measures.
He said that in past nine months they have been betrayed multiple times by the Health Minister and higher authorities of Health Department and now they need concrete documentation and formal policy safeguarding interests of all categories of employees including doctors, paramedics and management. GKNN