Nagaland In-Service Doctors’ Association requests government to review its decision

Dimapur, Oct. 22 (EMN): The Nagaland In-Service Doctors’ Association (NIDA) has once again requested the government of Nagaland to immediately review its notification in connection with the enhancement of state’s medical doctors’ superannuation age.

The association, in a statement, requested the government to make the “enhanced superannuation age of 62 years for doctors without any condition and criteria”.

It also appealed to “recruit sufficient doctors to fill all the vacant and sanctioned posts and regularise all contract appointments made during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to run healthcare delivery system smoothly”.

The association stated that the policy makers had failed to understand the finer points of the superannuation issue, which has become a matter of contention between NIDA and the government of Nagaland.

“Instead of building a better relation between the two and addressing the issue with trust, the policy makers have rather used deceptive methods to mislead both the association and the general public of Nagaland,” it stated.

It may be mentioned that after a series of agitations, the state Cabinet had in April this year, decided to extend the superannuation age of medical doctors to 62 years under the condition of re-employment in the clinical sector.

The state government had decided to increase the superannuation age of medical doctors from 60 to 62 years and allow medical officers who want to serve the public further through government hospitals or teaching hospitals up to 62 years and 70 years respectively.

However, NIDA has rejected the decision, demanding that the increase in superannuation age be implemented without any condition.