Pune Apr 22 PTI Health was as important to man as food clothing and shelter and there was need to ensure every section of society can afford it RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Friday He was speaking after inaugurating a hospital of the Maharashtra Arogya Mandal here Health is an important need of a man like food clothing and shelter and desire to have respectful life in the society Education and health are two things which are needed to fulfil the basic needs of life These should be accessible to and affordable for everyone he said He praised Maharashtra Arogya Mandal for providing excellent holistic treatment in an affordable and accessible manner and said such work was highly needed in society at present PTI SPK BNM BNM

Kohima Apr 19 PTI Health services in government hospitals of Nagaland were affected for the second consecutive day on Tuesday in the three-day agitation by government doctors Members of the Nagaland in-Service Doctors Association NIDA have taken mass casual leave to press their demand for increase in the superannuation age of government medical practitioners from 60 to 62 years The demand is in line with the promise Prime Minister Narendra Modi made in 2016 NIDA claimed The agitation has mainly affected services in the out patients department OPD in government hospitals and health centres across the state but the emergency department and ICUs were open Meanwhile Nagaland chief secretary J Alam held a closed door meeting with NIDA officials here in the presence of administrative officers of the directorate of health and family welfare PTI NBS KK KK KK

Kohima Apr 18 PTI Health services in government hospitals of Nagaland were affected on Monday as doctors started a three-day agitation demanding that their retirement age be increased by two years Members of the Nagaland in-Service Doctors Association NIDA have taken mass casual leaves to press their demand for increase in the superannuation age of government medical practitioners from 60 to 62 years The NIDAs demand is under consideration by the state government but no final decision could be arrived at as there are oppositions to it from certain quarters Chief Secretary J Alam told PTI The agitation has affected services in the Out Patients Department OPD in government hospitals and health centres across the state but the emergency department and ICUs were open NIDA said in a statement Senior doctors will be available round the clock to attend to any emergency during the period of agitation it said adding that Covid-19 vaccination and tests were not affected The demand is in line with the promise Prime Minister Narendra Modi made in 2016 the NIDA said The organisation said it is forced to take this step as the state government has failed to solve the issue in a year Doctors in Dimapur district hospital said they attended to emergency cases but not OPD patients The state government had earlier cautioned the agitating doctors that action would be taken against them On the first day of the agitation administrations of Kohima and Dimapur districts sought help of private practitioners for the treatment of patients official sources said The chief secretary said that the state government has a sizeable number of contractual doctors and others working in Central Schemes who would cater to the need of the patients during this period The Nagaland government has said the PMs statement was made in a political rally and no directive has been given to states The chief secretary said that the state Cabinet will have a meeting soon to deliberate on the NIDAs demandAlam said that all the districts have not been affected by the doctors agitationThe government has not sanctioned their application for casual leave he said Several organisations especially the influential Naga Students Federation are opposed to the demand of the NIDA saying increasing the retirement age of doctors would create stagnancy in employment opportunities PTI CORR NBS NN NN

Kohima Apr 18 PTI Health services in government hospitals of Nagaland were affected on Monday as doctors started a three-day agitation demanding that their retirement age be increased by two yearsMembers of the Nagaland in-Service Doctors Association NIDA have taken mass casual leaves to press their demand for increase in the superannuation age of government medical practitioners from 60 to 62 years The agitation has affected services in the Out Patients Department OPD in government hospitals and health centres across the state but the emergency department and ICUs were open NIDA said in a statementSenior doctors will be available round the clock to attend to any emergency during the period of agitation it said adding that Covid-19 vaccination and tests were not affectedThe demand is in line with the promise Prime Minister Narendra Modi made in 2016 the NIDA said The organisation said it is forced to take this step as the state government has failed to solve the issue in a yearDoctors in Dimapur district hospital said they attended to emergency cases but not OPD patients The state government had earlier cautioned the agitating doctors that action would be taken against them On the first day of the agitation administrations of Kohima and Dimapur districts sought help of private practitioners for the treatment of patients official sources saidThe Nagaland government has said the PMs statement was made in a political rally and no directive has been given to statesSeveral organisations are opposed to the demand of NIDA saying increasing the retirement age of doctors would create stagnancy in employment opportunities PTI CORR NBS NN NN