General cadre Doctors’ Association President Dr. Masood Akhtar Sheikh has said that many medical colleges and hospitals had been set up in Punjab since 1994 and hundreds of seats of BPS-17 medical officers created, so there should be proportionate increase in seats of grade 18, 19 and 20 as per existing formula. Addressing a meeting of the association’s executive committee, he said there is a need to reaffix the seats after this increase. He pointed out that this will enhance the number of seats of grades 19 and 20 officers.
Dr Masood Sheikh who is also the chairman of Pakistan Medical Society said that most of the general cadre doctors have been promoted to the level of senior registrars and specialists in different specialties owing to which seats of general cadre doctors have become vacant. He said a new list of general cadre doctors after this change should be immediately notified. DR Masud said general cadre doctors were the backbone of the health delivery system, adding their promotion would improve the quality of the health care in the Punjab. Dr Rana Rafique, Dr Arif, Dr Rubina, Dr Riaz, Dr Alia, Dr shahid Khursheed and others also addressed the meeting.
