Delegation of Doctors Association Jammu meets Guv at Raj Bhavan Jmu

Jammu: A delegation of Doctors Association Jammu, led by its President Dr. Balvinder Singh, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan here Wednesday.
The delegation requested Governor that offence against On duty doctors or damage to hospital infrastructure may be made a non-bail able offence, provision for creation of hospital security force for safety and security of doctors and hospital property; caderisation of Medical Officers into Medical Officer, senior Medical Officer and supervising/Head Medical officer; caderisation of consultants into consultants, senior consultants and chief consultants; positioning of one chief consultant, two senior consultants and one consultant in every district hospital; salary of doctors as per working hours; financial and other incentives to doctors working in far flung areas; installation of MRI machines and latest equipment for blood investigations at all district hospitals; expediting the process for identifying hard and difficult areas for selection in PG courses and the need for formulating a clear transfer policy.
Governor assured the Delegation appropriate consideration of its demands and urged them to work dedicatedly towards improving health care system in the State.