Telangana government doctors urge CM Revanth Reddy to address long-pending issues
The Telangana Government Doctors Association (TGDA) met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and submitted a memorandum urging his intervention. Key demands include converting TVVP into a directorate, special allowances, time-bound promotions, earned leave encashment, and professor transfers.
Hyderabad: The members of the Telangana Government Doctors Association (TGDA) on Monday met Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and submitted a memorandum, urging his intervention over several long-pending issues.
A group of senior office bearers from TGDA, led by its state president, Dr B Narahari, presented the memorandum to the Chief Minister and requested his personal involvement to address issues impacting multiple health departments in Telangana.
Some of the key demands submitted to the Chief Minister by TGDA members include conversion of Telangana Vaidya Vidhan Parishad (TVVP) into Directorate of Secondary Health Services to ensure salary stability, administrative clarity and uniform service conditions.
Other key demands made by TGDA include special medical allowance to doctors working in rural and tribal medical colleges and hospitals, time-bound promotions, earned leave encashment to doctors (just like NIMS) and transfer of Professors to existing vacancies.
“We have requested the Chief Minister to get involved personally and address issues that have been pending for a long time,” senior office bearers of TGDA said.
