NVCO calls for review of cabinet’s decision
Opposing the recent cabinet decision to regularise 27 contingency medical officers’ (MO) posts, Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) has called for its immediate review, besides appealing to aggrieved doctors, nurses and others to resume their duties as the public was left with no option but their service during the global pandemic.
According to the organisation, the cabinet decision to regularise the 27 MO posts has demoralised National Health Mission Employee Association, Nagaland, Nagaland Junior Doctors’ Association and contract doctors of NHAK, Kohima in the midst of rendering their best effort as frontline workers to combat COVID-19 pandemic as the decision has as it amounted to discrimination, injustice, nepotism, illegality, backdoor appointment, unconstitutional and against the government’s standing order, service rules and guidelines.
Stating that it fully understood shortage of doctors and nurses in the State that had been adversely affecting delivery of healthcare services and remained silent on the recent appointment of 27 MOs as a contingency considering the dire needs and urgency, NVCO in a release however asserted that it could not compromise with the cabinet decision to regularise the contingency appointments.
It questioned the government as to what was so special with the 27 contingency MO posts, whether they were specialists and more experienced than aggrieved doctors handling COVID-19 cases or not willing to work unless paid higher salary and what was the requirement to appoint and regularise two doctors of a single family among them.
NVCO reminded the State government not to neglect more than thousands of employees, including doctors, nurses, paramedical staff, technicians and others, who have been deeply hurt and were demoralised.