Indian medical associations in Jharkhand protest against biometric attendance mandate, seeking uniform implementation or exemption, citing emergency service challenges.
Indian Medical Association and Jharkhand Health Services Association raise concerns over the state government's biometric attendance mandate, calling it impractical and tied to salary adjustments. They plan a boycott of biometric attendance from Aug 20, instead marking offline registers. The associations demand uniform implementation of biometric attendance for all state employees or exemption for health department personnel, citing 24x7 emergency services, infrastructure issues, and office-hours differences with other departments. They also request stronger laws to protect doctors from violence, more hospital beds and staff in smaller hospitals, and appraisal for doctors.
August 11, 2024
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