PESHAWAR: Dr Shaukat Ali, Director General of Health Services Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on Friday announced an extension in the contract for paramedical staff recruited under the AIP Scheme for an additional year.
This extension aims at addressing salary-related problems promptly and ensuring uninterrupted health services in the newly merged districts.
Dr Shaukat Ali said that the contract for paramedical staff in the merged districts concluded on 1 July, 2023, disrupting health services.
He revealed that the contract has been extended last July until the end of the fiscal year, on 30 June. This extension will benefit more than 1,250 paramedical staff in the merged districts.
Dr Shaukat Ali underlined the financial constraints in addressing the health staff’s problems in merged districts.
He expressed the hope that the contract extension would result in the resolution of salary-related problems for the paramedical staff.
HD tries to resolve staff’s issues
He further explained that the Health Department is trying to address the challenges faced by health workers in erstwhile FATA.
Resolving these problems is essential for improving healthcare services in the tribal districts, he added.
