A delegation of Young Nursing Association meets high ups of health department

Lahore: Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab on Health Khawaja Salman Rafique has said that practical steps are being taken for the promotion of nurses and work has already been started on service structure of nurses. He said that the departmental promotion committee meeting will be held in August to promote nurses in next grades. He said that nurses will soon hear good news regarding their services structure.

He said this while talking to a delegation of Young Nursing Association headed by Ms Tauseef Khanum who called on him at Civil Secretariat, here today.

Besides Secretary Health Jawad Rafique Malik, DG Health Dr. Zahid Pervez, Adll. Secretary Health (Admn) Adnan Zafar, Deputy Secretary Health(Admn) Raja Mansoor and other officers attended the meeting. The delegation apprised the Advisor of the issues regarding their service matters, delay in promotions and dilapidated condition of Nurses hostel of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

Kh. Salman Rafique informed the delegation that 1500 nurses have recently been promoted while the defer cases of nurses will also be considered in the next DPC meeting. It was informed that the revised seniority list of nurses has been uploaded at the website of Health Department and objections have been sought from the stakeholders within 15 days but only few objections have so far received in the department.

Addl. Secretary Adnan Zafar told that maximum cases of nurses would be considered in the next DPC which would be held in August. He informed that previously the department had sent the requisition for 1200 nurses to PPSC and another requisition of 800 nurses has been forwarded to PPSC.

Secretary Health Jawad Rafique Malik directed to send a senior Planning officer to the nurses’ hostel of Sir Ganga Ram hospital for physical checking who would submit report regarding the condition of hostel building, status of furniture and other equipment of the hostel.

Kh. Salman Rafique assured the delegation that the issue of deduction of allowances during leave period would be solved on priority bases. He said that all nurses schools in Punjab would be upgraded at college level in different phases. He assured that all the issues related to the nurses would be resolved on priority bases. He said that nurses are the very important pillar of health care system and their due rights would be protected.

Ms. Tauseef Khanum thanked the Advisor Health Kh. Salman rafique and the Secretary Health Jawad Rafique Malik for hearing the delegation sympathetically and assuring to solve their problems on priority bases.