Salary for 9 health sub centres release only after attendence verified/attested by Sarpanch/Panch.

SHYAM SOOD
Rajouri March 29 :--In order to provide better health services to poor people in remote areas in the Kandi Health Block in Rajouri district, BMO has issued circular to release salary of the staff of 9 health sub-centres only after the attendance was duly attested/verified by the concerned Sarpanch/Panch.
Block Medical Officer (BMO) of Kandi Health Block,Dr Iqbal Malik in a circular has said that the staff of 9 health centres will get their monthly salary only after the receipt of their monthly attendance duly attested/ verified by the concerned Sarpanch/Panch.
After several complaints by the people that many health sub-centres in remote areas under Kandi Health Block remain closed, BMO on the directions of Rajesh Kumar Shavan, DDC has issued the circular.
“In order to improve the punctuality of staff to provide better health services to the public of remote areas, the salary of the staff of eight sub- centres falling in remote areas of the block shall be drawn only after receipt of their attendance duly attested /verified by the Sarpanch/Panch concerned” read the circular issued by Dr. Iqbal Malik, BMO,Kandi Health Block.
Besides this, Dr Iqbal Malik has also directed the field staff associated with Malaria, Leprosy etc also to submit their monthly attendance duly attested/verified by the concerned in-charge of the health institution and Sarpanch/Panch of their area thus enabling his office to draw their salary well in time.
Pertinent to mention here that during a Public Darbar held at Panchaat Ghar at Kharsoo in village Kha in Kotranka sub-district, the people informed DDC that the health sub centre in village Kanthole mostly remains closed & the employees don’t bother to provide health care service to poor people.
Rajesh Kumar Shavan, DDC on spot had directed Dr Malik, BMO to visit the health centre and also issued an instruction to release the monthly salary of the staff of Kanthole health centre only after receipt of their monthly attendance duly verified /attested by the concerned Sarpanch/Panch.
“Taking cognizance of the DDC’s instructions & treating it as an eye opener, it was also decided that in order to improve punctuality of the staff & to provide better health services to the people in remote areas, the salary of the staff of other 8 health centres shall also be drawn only after the receipt of their attendance duly attested /verified by the Sarpanch/Panch concerned,” said Dr Malik.
Eight health sub-centres are situated in villages namely Kha, Upper Kandi, Dhewan, Badal, Targain, Hubbi Kallar ,Kandra & Sankari.