Mohalla Clinic medical doctors meet Delhi Speaker, demand job safety

A delegation of medical doctors working at Mohalla Clinics met Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta earlier this week and demanded that they be absorbed into the federal government’s Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs).

Some AAMs, which provide free main healthcare providers, are revamped Mohalla Clinics, which have been began by the earlier Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities, whereas many others are within the technique of being rebranded.

In their assembly with the Speaker on July 29, the medical doctors expressed concern over their job safety. Mr. Gupta assured his assist to the delegation, saying he’ll increase their considerations with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh, the Delhi Mohalla Clinic Doctors’ Association stated on Thursday.

It added that greater than 2,000 workers, together with 500 medical doctors, of Mohalla Clinics are liable to dropping their jobs.

The BJP authorities has opened 67 of the 1,139 AAMs it goals to determine within the nationwide capital by subsequent 12 months. New workers have been appointed at these clinics.

According to officers, there are 553 Mohalla Clinics within the Capital, of which over 250 clinics are proposed to be shut. These clinics are nonetheless functioning beneath the identical title however with all posters and banners of AAP and its chief, Arvind Kejriwal, eliminated.

While the Chief Minister had earlier assured the medical doctors working at Mohalla Clinics that they might not lose their jobs, the Health Department had in April notified that the present workers may proceed their providers as much as a 12 months or till recent appointments are made.

Key considerations

“The trigger for concern was clauses within the annual contract order, which directed the termination of providers of all [Mohalla Clinic] workers and appointment of recent employees,” the affiliation stated.

Another concern is the completely different choice standards for AAM workers.

The affiliation emphasised that many workers of Mohalla Clinics had been recruited based mostly on advantage by way of a written examination carried out by the Delhi authorities in 2018.

Dr. Ramesh Bansal, one of many members of the delegation, stated, “We welcome the upgradation of amenities and the rebranding of clinics, nevertheless it shouldn’t come at the price of our employment.”