The indefinite strike observed by all cadre employees of the state health department for five days was called off on Sunday after the representative union of the employees Chhattisgarh Pradesh Swasthya Karmachari Sangh was given assurance regarding fulfilment of the 24-point demands by none other than the Deputy Chief Minister and also the state Health Minister TS Singh Deo on whose pursuance in wake of the positive development a delegation of the union later met state Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel also to convey about the unanimity and cordiality of the employees with the state government for the sake of the common people.
The health care services in all the hospitals of the state government were adversely affected due to the strike. Looking at the helpless situation of the common people, the health employees also became sympathetic and hoped that the state government would take initiative for the sake of the employees and the common people as well.
On Sunday, a delegation of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Swasthya Karmachari Sangh talked in details about each and every aspect of the 24-point demands with Minister Singh Deo at his official residence in the state capital. Regarding those demands that need financial sanctions for fulfilment, the minister told the delegation that the matter encompasses the state finance department also therefore final decision can be arrived only after discussion with the State Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
The deputy chief minister took initiative then and there for meeting of the union delegation with the state chief minister, and he also gave a feedback to the delegation that in case of the chief minister’s consent for the talks the scheduled time would be communicated to the delegation well in advance.
Regarding fulfilment of those demands that need no financial sanctions, minister Singhdeo contacted Additional Chief Secretary Renu Pillai over phone and made the point clean and clear to the officer for a meeting of the union delegation with Secretary and Director of the health and family welfare department in presence of the additional chief secretary for fulfilment of the demands. A time limit of five days was set for tabling the compliance report on fulfilment of the union’s charter of demands. The concerned officials were directed for the necessary compliance. In course of discussion, the minister further told the union delegation over the demands of the contractual and daily wage earners working under the National Health Mission that whatever decisions are taken regarding regularization of all contractual/daily wage earners, making 62-year age limit for contractual employees and service guarantee, would benefit the concerned employees of the health department also.
It was only after such a concern shown by Minister Singhdeo and the said assurances given, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Swasthya Karmachari Sangh called off the indefinite strike. Later in the evening, a delegation of the Sangh met State Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel at his official residence, and also present on the occasion was the Deputy Chief Minister TS Singhdeo.
Chhattisgarh Pradesh Swasthya Karmachari Sangh delegation that took part in all the developments was comprised of Patron O P Sharma, State President Alok Mishra, Mahasangh Convenor Anil Shukla and Kamlesh Singh Rajput, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Swasthya Karmachari Sangh Working President Pradeep Bogie, Senior Vice President and the Convenor of the clerical grade employees’ cell BK Shukla, General Secretary Syed Aslam, Ashwini Gurdekar, Vice President SP Dewangan, Nursing Cell State Convenor Jacklin Daan, Jolly Thomas, Lab Technologist Cell Convenor Kamal Chandrakar, CHO Cell Convenor Prafulla Paul, NHM Cell Convenor Anil Kumar Gadhewal, Ophthalmic Assistant Officer Cell Convenor SS Soni, Government Dental College Committee President and state Convenor Satish Paseria, Lalit Singh Dhruv from the RHO cell, DKS departmental committee Secretary Samir Sen and Anil Rao.
Thankfulness to the State Health Minister was conveyed by a number of other office bearers, members and allegiants of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Swasthya Karmachari Sangh, who are Ravindra Tiwari, PC James, Rajendra Yadav, Pradipi Sarkar, Ummed Singh Patel, Ajay Nayak, Vikash Kumar Yadav, Anil Kumar Pandey, RD Diwan, Ajay Parihar, Bhupendra Ray, Pramesh Paul, Satyendra Gupta, Sunaina Singh, Sandhya Rani Mowle, Vipin Pradhan, BL Verma, Sanjay Narang, RK Jatav, Santosh Dewangan, Santosh Giri, Harishankar Sahu, Kuber Sahu, Nitish Sinha, Lachi Tandon, Ashok Dehriya, Ramesh Sonboir, Vijay Daurey, Anil Vaid, Kamlesh Usendi, Vinayak Chandravanshi, Madanlal Sahu, Amru Sahu, Kshitij Sahu, Pramod Gautam, Vinod Mataley, L Dhankar, Parmeshwar Dewangan, Annu Rao, Vishal Ghodkhande, Devendra Sahu, Jaisingh Korram, Raman Gandharva, Sujit Paul, Laxmi Banerji, Naresh Netam, Archana Gupta, Ramavatar Yadu, Tinendra Sahu, Khoman Patel, Laxmi Pandey, Sushil Kumar Gupta, Dushyant Kumar Janghel, Manoj Mandley, Ishwar Sahu, Sanjay Soni, Salikram Navrange, Arvind Chandrakar, Manoj Sahu, Kunwar Singh Dhruv and Pradeep Yadav.
