GMC nurses demand removal of pay anomaly

Jammu and Kashmir nurses’ association has demanded end to parity in pay scale of nurses working in government medical college Srinagar with that of their counterparts in SK Institute of Medical Sciences.

A delegation of nurses’ working in government medical college Srinagar appealed to the government to remove the pay anomaly and grade disparity between them and their counterparts in SKIMS.

“We undergo four years degree course and are placed in non-technical cadre, while as the paramedical staff, such as ECG technician and others, with similar qualification requirements, are recognized as a technical post,” Parveen Khan president of the association said.

She said the nurses in SKIMS and other institutes across the states in India “doing the same work as the nurses in GMC associated hospitals, were granted grade pay of Rs 4600 in the 6th pay commission, while GMC hospital nurses were getting pay under 4200 grade.

“This is sheer injustice and a murder of our rights. Equal pay for equal work is the fundamental law of the land,” Khan said.

The association appealed to the Chief Minister and the Finance Minister to intervene in this matter.

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