No promotions for 4 years, working on same salary, say doctors posted in Delhi health dept

Doctors appointed to posts of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and Senior Medical Officer (SMO) said this is the condition after working for months at a stretch during Covid. They also said the one month’s salary that the Delhi government had promised to healthcare workers as an incentive for working during the Covid period has also not been given.

“Nothing has happened so far regarding our promotion. In fact, the next promotion is also overdue by more than three months now. This is the situation of Covid warriors who have put their life, and their families’ lives at stake and worked day and night for the national cause,” said a doctor working with the state health department.

He added that promotions are time bound but doctors are not getting their dues and they have been working on the same salaries for the last four years. “We cannot even protest against it because our jobs are essential services,” he said.

Another doctor said that the promotion from SMO to CMO is overdue by more than four years and the next promotion from CMO to non-functional senior grade (NFSG) is overdue by more than three months now.

“There were promises of giving one month’s salary as an incentive for all health care workers for working relentlessly without leave, without weekly offs, on national holidays also but nothing was done. Now they are not releasing our dues as well,” said another doctor.

When contacted for comment, Principal Health Secretary Dr SB Deepak Kumar remained unavailable.

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