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PRESS RELEASE OF DR. J.P.
BISWAL, STATE GENERAL SECRETARY, OMSA, ORISSA on 11.09.08
Dr.
Siba Prasad Singh and Dr. Jitendra Kumar Ray, previously holding the post
of State General Secretary and Vice President (Central Zone), OMSA, Orissa
respectively have been expelled and debarred from enjoying the rights and
privileges of membership of OMSA as per the resolution of Extraordinary
General Body Meeting held on 21.08.2008 at Bhubaneswar with immediate
effect. Funds collected by them / any other activity taken-up by them on
behalf of OMSA are ingenuine and should not be honoured. OMSA, Orissa will
not be accountable for the activities of the above expelled members of
OMSA.
OMSA,
Orissa is committed to give service to the ailing population of Orissa and
service to the mankind.
Long
Live OMSA.
Cuttack
11.09.2008
(Dr. J.P. Biswal)
State General Secretary
OMSA, Orissa
OMSA
PRESS MEET – 22.08.08 - BHUBANESWAR
Dear
friends from Print and Electronics media of the state,
At
the outset, I, on behalf of the members of this Association belonging to
Orissa Medical Services (OMS) cadre, thank you from the core of my heart
for your kind support to our movement of “Mass Resignation” which resulted
in the declaration of package for OMS cadre doctors by Hon’ble Chief
Minister of Orissa on 17.03.08 in the floor of the Orissa Legislative
Assembly aimed at providing the people of the state with adequate number of
qualified doctors practicing modern medical science, improved
infrastructure facility and quality medicines for better Healthcare
facilities. The OMSA demand which also championed the cause of the common
people of the state as enshrined in Article 47 of the Constitution of India
which states that “Primary
Healthcare, Primary Education and raising of the nutritional level of the
people are the primary objectives of the Union & State Governments of
India”; needed 10000-12000 doctors to provide minimum basic Primary
Healthcare to 4.5 million strong population of the state, 85% of whom are
living in villages with 47% below poverty line. Unfortunately at present, a
little over 3000 doctors are battling hard to manage job of 10000-12000
doctors in adverse conditions without proper training, infrastructure
support, delegation of power and security to their life and property. More
than 1000 Health Institutions in the state are going without a doctor
practicing modern medical science. It’s obvious that due to lack of
foresight, vision, technical expertise and knowledge of the field
conditions by the authorities who ran the show since independence has
brought the Health Delivery System to this appalling condition. The vision
and wisdom of the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Orissa in declaring the package
for OMS cadre doctors to bring in fresh young medical graduates to fill up
the expanding vacancies has been defeated due to inordinate delay in
notifying the package and Public Service Commission (PSC). Though OMSA has
submitted to the Government on 25.04.08, a Restructuring of the cadre,
transparent transfer policy and Government of Andhra Pradesh legislation on
security of Medicare persons and Medicare institutions as per the
declaration of the Hon’ble Chief Minister, with the Restructure having
sufficient promotional posts at different levels, is still in the cold
storage. The declaration of the Hon’ble Chief Minister to promulgate an
ordinance to safeguard the life and property of the doctors on duty is yet
to see the light of the day. Though, Restructuring of the cadre and
promulgation of an ordinance for security, declared to be completed within
2 months are not yet completed even after 5 months.
The
desire of the Hon’ble Chief Minister and OMSA to bring about the
development in the Health Delivery System of the state is defeated by this
delay and I am drawing the attention of the concerned authorities through
your esteemed media that the cadre has no option left than to humbly resign en-masse on 27.08.08 to
counter the uncertainty regarding the implementation of the Hon’ble Chief
Minister’s declaration with due notice to make alternative arrangement to
run the Health Delivery System so that the common people do not suffer. The
State President OMSA in letter no.29/OMSA/P/2007-09 dated 25/06/08 and
letter no.37/OMSA/P/2007-09 dated 19.08.08 has appraised the above
mentioned situation to Hon’ble Chief Minister and requested for an early
discussion with OMSA executives to solve the problem.
Yours sincerely,
Dr.
Jyoti Prasad Biswal
State General Secretary,
Orissa Medical Services Association.
OMSA
PRESS MEET – 28.06.08 - BHUBANESWAR
Dear friends from Print and
Electronics media of the state,
At the outset, I, on behalf
of the members of this Association belonging to Orissa Medical Services
(OMS) cadre, thank you from the core of my heart for your kind support to
our movement of “Mass Resignation” which resulted in the declaration of
package for OMS cadre doctors by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Orissa on
17.03.08 in the floor of the Orissa Legislative Assembly aimed at providing
the people of the state with adequate number of qualified doctors
practicing modern medical science, improved infrastructure facility and
quality medicines for better Healthcare facilities. The OMSA demand which
championed the cause of the common people of the state as enshrined in
Article 47 of the Constitution of India which states that “Primary Healthcare, Primary Education
and raising of the nutritional level of the people are the primary
objectives of the Union & State Governments of India”; needed
10000-12000 doctors to provide minimum basic Primary Healthcare to 4.5
million strong population of the state, 85% of whom are living in villages
with 47% below poverty line. Unfortunately at present, a little over 3000
doctors are battling hard to manage job of 10000-12000 doctors in adverse conditions
without proper training, infrastructure support, delegation of power and
security to their life and property. More than 1000 Health institutions are
going without a doctor practicing modern medical science. The flood
situation is prevailant in the state. It’s obvious that due to lack of
foresight, vision, technical expertise and knowledge of the field
conditions by the authorities who ran the show since independence has
brought the Health Delivery System to this appalling condition. The vision
and wisdom of the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Orissa in declaring the package
to bring in fresh young medical graduates to fill up the expanding
vacancies has been defeated due to inordinate delay in notifying the
package and Public Service Commission (PSC). Though OMSA has submitted to
the Government on 25.04.08, a Restructuring of the cadre as per the
declaration of the Hon’ble Chief Minister, having sufficient promotional
posts at different levels, it is still in cold storage. The declaration of the Hon’ble Chief Minister to promulgate an
ordinance to safeguard the life and property of the doctors on duty is yet
to see the light of the day. Though, Restructuring of the cadre and
promulgation of an ordinance for security, declared to be completed within
2 months are not yet completed even after 3 months. The doctors are yet to
get the benefit of the part-notification of declaration on 15.05.08
regarding Specialist Allowance and Post-mortem Allowance.
The desire of the Hon’ble
Chief Minister and OMSA to bring about the development in the Health
Delivery System of the state is defeated by this delay and I am drawing the
attention of the concerned authorities through your esteemed media that the
cadre has no option left than to humbly resign en-masse again to counter the uncertainty regarding the
implementation of the Hon’ble Chief Minister’s declaration with due notice
to make alternative arrangement to run the Health Delivery System so that
the common people do not suffer.
The concerned authorities took 61 years to land the Health
Delivery System of the state in such a mess, can it not be justice to
provide doctors of OMSA 61 months to run the Health Delivery System of the
state on their own to see the difference!
Yours
sincerely,
Dr.
Madhusudan Mishra
State
President,
Orissa
Medical Services Association.
OMSA Extraordinary General Body
Meeting on "Mass Resignation" at Jaydev Bhawan at 06.02.2008
PRESS
MEET
Dear Friends from Electronics and Print Media,
At
the outset, OMSA thanks you for your continuing support in highlighting the
problems and demands of the member doctors belonging to Orissa Medical
Services cadre, are serving the ailing population of the state day &
night in 1700 health institutions spreading across the state
including 3 government medical colleges and hospital. They are taking care
of health of 4 crore population of Orissa, which needed atleast 10000
doctors to run the health delivery system effectively. Unfortunately at
present, a depleted strength of our doctor members, which stands around 3000
at present out of a sanctioned strength of 4259 are toiling manfully
carrying a heavy burden of duty, to manage the health delivery system,
which includes Treatment, preventive, I.E.C. activities, more than 20
national health programs, conduction of post-mortem, attending to
medico-legal cases, V.I.P./Protocol duty besides emergency duties. The
situation has been aggravated over the years due to the non-joining of
fresh medical graduates resulting in vacancies in nearly 1000 posts
at present. Some of the main causes are:- low pay-scale compared to other states of
Indian Union, less pension, lack of promotional avenues, quarters,
educational facilities for the children. Add to this, the lack of security
at the workplace leading to rise in atrocities on the member doctors due to
lack of infrastructure facilities and man-power, thereby souring the
doctor-patient relationship. Although in the past few years, you have
highlighted the above points in your media, the result is yet to come. To
worsen the situation, the much talked-about alleged rampant corruption in
Orissa Health System Development project, has pushed the state backwards in
health sector and our doctor members are worst sufferers. As OMSA feels,
the Human Resource component of the project which includes better pay
package, promotion, pension, training, proper transfer policy, was not
properly addressed to. All these have made the Health Service in government
sector unattactive and majority of the fresh medical graduates are going
out of the state in search of better prospects leading to the rise in
vacancies over the years. The association has never been consulted to solve
the problem. In the past, the association on its own iniciative had
discussions with two successive Health Minsters without any tangible
result. Honourable Chief Minister gave an appointment for discussion with
OMSA State Executives on 19.08.2006 (CM Office letter no. 1664 Dt.
08.08.2006) which was post-poned till today. Considering the above
situations carefully the members decided that there is no other alternative
than to resign "en masse" from the Government Service as they
felt that they are no longer required in the present Health Delivery System
as their appeals are neither heard nor their
problems addresed to, in a democratic setup.
OMSA hopes that through your media these will be highlighted again,
to bring about a lasting solution, which will certainly be in the best
interest of the people of the state, as they are subjected to "quack
treatment" as per the observations of the Honourable Orissa
Legislative Assembly's departmentally related Standing Committee 5th on
Health & F.W. Department on 26.06.2007, which reads " Medical
service without doctor in hospitals is a "quack service" and
dangerous to life of people" and suggested in point 4 that "
Minimum status of a doctor should be Junior Class-1". In the
meanwhile, the non-joining of fresh medical graduates, is resulting in the
increase in vacancies, day-by-day.
Yours sincerely,
(Dr. Siba Prasad
Singh)
State General
Secretary,
Orissa Medical
Services Association(OMSA).
Encl: Charter of demands of OMSA.
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