Striking health employees in Raigarh told to join or lose job

Contractual health personnel in the district who have been on an indefinite strike since the last 13 days were today asked by the administration to resume duty within a month or face termination of their service.

"As many as 58 health personnel, including doctors pharmacists, ANMs (auxiliary nurse midwives) and laboratory technicians, employed on a contract basis under Ayush department, have been issued a notice," Raigarh district collector Shammi Abidi said today.

The personnel went on an indefinite strike on June 16, which has caused inconvenience to patients.

Ayush department comes under the Health and Family Welfare department of the state government.

On the direction of the collector, the notice asking the striking employees to join duty was issued by Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr HS Uraon yesterday.

The notice stated that if the protesting employees fail to return to work within a month, their service will be terminated and a process will be initiated for fresh recruitment.

The call to strike was given by the Chhattisgarh Baal Swasthya Karyakram Chikitsa Adhikari Sangh.

Among the prominent demand raised by the employees is a better pay package.

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