PESHAWAR
The Board of Governors (BOG) of Medical Teaching Institutions Abbottabad held a meeting with the representatives of Faculty and Young Doctors Association. Board’s Chairman Mr. M. Javed Panni and members Maj Gen (Retd) Asif, Brig (Retd) Khalid Hussain, Col (Retd) Salah-ud-Din and top hospital management were present. While AMC faculty was represented by Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmd, Prod. Dr. Ashfaq, and Dr. Shahla Noor, the YDA was represented by Dr. Amin Afridi, Dr. Zaheer, and Dr. Majid Khan.
The Board members gave a very patient hearing to the demands of the faculty and young doctors. On the issue of corruption, the Chairman BoG categorically stated that the corruption in the MTI shall not be tolerated at any cost. He asked the doctors to bring such instances with evidence. The Board will hold an inquiry and take action against the persons found guilty of corruption.
The Board agreed to provide immediate compensation of two million rupees instead of one million rupees to the heirs of deceased Dr. Faisal Ahmed. The doctors were told that recommendation for total compensation of three million rupees, has already been sent to the Government. The balance of one million rupees will be paid as soon as funds are received from the Government.
Regarding HPA, the Chairman clarified that it was linked to the Biometric attendance as per the earlier decision of the Board. Biometric attendance has to be strictly enforced. He formed a Committee to address to certain problems being faced by the doctors and give recommendations.
The Chairman also observed that there may have been some lake of communication of doctors representatives with the Board. He said that anyone can approach the Chairman and the members
for redressal of their grievances. He accepted the demand that the agenda of BOG should be placed on the website for information of the employees. He also agreed that the representatives can request inclusion of an item on the agenda through Dean/MD/HD.
The Chairman also clarified that his personal office at Islamabad is used as Camp Office for smooth discharge of his MTI responsibilities. No expenses are charged to the institution except nominal honoraria to two staff handling MTI work.
After fruitful discussion on all the points, the MTI faculty and doctors called off the strike.
