Nashik: Amidst the rapidly coming cases of Ann Corona and the new variant Omicron, it is reported that ambulance drivers working under the Janani Shishu Suraksha Program, deprived of wages for three months, stopped work. warned to do. These drivers have demanded to appoint them under the National Health Campaign instead of a private contractor company. If these drivers stop providing their services during the en Corona period, then the mother and the baby can be in great trouble.
The work of transporting pregnant women, newborns and people injured in accidents from the primary health center to the civil hospital for treatment and bringing them back is done through these ambulance drivers. These drivers have been driving ambulances for nearly 17 years. Stopping their services means hundreds of people will be denied hospital treatment.
9 thousand instead of 15 thousand
At present, the salaries of these drivers are paid through a private contractor company in Bhopal. There are 102 drivers working in the district to run ambulances. It has been decided to pay a salary of Rs 15 thousand 445 to these employees in a month, but only Rs 8 thousand 900 comes directly in their hands. For three months, not only in Nashik, but hundreds of employees across the state have not been paid salaries.
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complaint made to the ministry
These employees have complained through the organizations to the District Surgeon, District Medical Officer, representatives of the concerned company to the State Health Minister, but the company argues that they are not getting money for the salary, while the government officials It is said that the process of disbursement of funds is in progress.
preparation for movement
Ambulance drivers have started preparations for agitation in Nashik. The employees have given 15 days to pay the salary. The employees have demanded a minimum wage of Rs 14,000. If this demand is not met, then the drivers have made a mood to stop working completely.