Ferozepur, September 24, 2018: In spite of court orders, Multipurpose Health Workers have not been given appointment letters since four months and union had threatened to protest outside the residence of Health Minister September 27.
Giving this information, Satnam Singh informed that advertisement for 1263 posts of Multipurpose Health Workers was the advertisement in 2016 and after written test 919 workers were issued appointment letters. Later on, the case is sub-judice, the court had given the stay on the issuing of appointment letters which was finalized on May 23, 2018, for issuing of appointment letters to remaining workers. But in spite of the passing of four months, the government has not initiated any action so far.
He further said the union had met the Director Health number of times without any fruitful results. The union members have decided to register their protest outside the Health Minister on September 27.