Swabi medical college teachers seek incentives

PESHAWAR: Teaching staff of the Gajju Khan Medical College (GKMC), Swabi, have warned of launching a protest campaign over the non-provision of health professional allowance and other incentives.

Speaking at a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club, Teachers Association President Dr Amjad Mehboob said the government had announced health professional allowance (HPA) for general and administrative cadres, but the teachers of the GKMC Swabi and Saidu Medical College had been deprived of the incentives.

Dr Amjad Mehboob said duties of medical staff had been made essential in far-flung areas of the province under the health policy to ensure best healthcare facilities to poor patients at their doorsteps.

He said that around 200 teaching and administrative staff members of the GKMC, Swabi, had been suffering due to the unjust policy of the provincial government.

Flanked by the association office-bearers, Dr Alamgir Khan, Prof Dr Aminul Haq, Prof Dr Ishtiaq, Dr Asif Kamal, Dr Ibrar Khan, Dr Raza, and others, he said the health professional allowance and special incentive package had been mentioned in the advertisement for recruitment in GKMC, Swabi, but the promise was not fulfilled.