Minister of Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education Vidadala Rajini promised government doctors that their issues such as pending arrears would be resolved soon. She said a committee would be set up to give time-bound promotions and added that the facial recognition-based attendance system would be relaxed. She was responding to a representation submitted at a Government Doctors’ Meet held at the Government General Hospital (GGH) in Guntur on Sunday.
Addressing the gathering earlier, Ms. Rajini said the credit of paying salaries as per the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission goes to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who surpassed his father Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in doing good to society, including the doctors whose role in saving lives during the COVID-19 pandemic was commendable. Their duty burden was reduced by taking up large-scale recruitment and the infrastructure in government hospitals and medical colleges has been vastly improved under the ‘Nadu-Nedu’ programme at a huge cost with due emphasis on primary healthcare.
Seventeen medical colleges were constructed at a cost of ₹8,500 crore and the facilities in 11 existing medical colleges were being augmented at an approximate cost of ₹3,820 crore. It was Mr. Rajasekhara Reddy who got UGC payscales implemented for the government doctors and brought laws for their protection, the Minister recalled.
