BHARA KAHU: Non gazetted employees of grade 1 to 15 from DHO Office and District Family Health Office (DFHO) Islamabad have voiced a strong protest over the stoppage of the payment of health allowance to them.
Ministry of Capital Administration and Development Division had stopped the payment of health office employees through a notification. This allowance is paid to lower grade employees including lady health workers, male health workers and vaccinators who perform the duties in polio and anti-dengue campaigns.
The health department’s low cadre employees, working in Bhara Kahu said that they work in rural and remote areas to provide medical facilities to the masses but Ministry of CADD has deprived them of health allowance.
They were of the opinion that this move was unfair and tyrannical which had been taken by a democratic government. They appealed to CADD Minister Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry to restore the allowance forthwith to mitigate their financial woes.
