LAHORE: Punjab government has decided in principal to increase the salary package for the doctors’ community from 1st July and this would be a fairly decent and reasonable increase. The recommendations for the said increased salary package would be finalized by the mid of May, this year.Secretary Health Punjab Fawad Hassan Fawad to the YDA-12 member delegation headed by Dr. Nasir Abbas, who called on him at Lahore General Hospital last night has decided to increase salaries of the doctors.Principal PGMI / LGH Prof. Tariq Salahuddin, Prof. Ali Haider, Prof. Rubina Sohail, Prof. Agha Shabbir, Prof. Shoaib Randhawa and MS LGH Dr. Zafar Ikram were also present in the meeting.Dr. Nasir Abbas demanded that this assurance should be given to them in black and white so that they could convince their colleagues in general body’s meeting.Fawad Hassan Fawad directed the principal LGH to circulate the minutes of the meeting among the stake holders for this purpose. Prof. Tariq Salahuddin asked the young doctors to freeze their strike in OPDs as there were no moral grounds left for strike after clear cut assurance about salary increase from higher authorities.Prof. Tariq Salahuddin proposed that few YDA representatives might be included in the team for preparing documents of salary package.Secretary Health said that YDA representatives can assist Health Department in preparation of summary which would be sent to Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif for his approval. Secretary Health also advised the young doctors to call off their strike. Government would definitely fulfill its promise of revision of salary of doctors, he re-assured.
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