Peshawar: The caretaker cabinet of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has approved a 10 percent increase in the salaries of trainee doctors serving in government hospitals.
In the cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Caretaker Chief Minister Azam Khan, proposals were presented for a 30% increase in the salary of the trainee doctors and 25% increase from the health department, but in view of the economic situation, a 10% increase was approved.
Adviser Health Dr Riaz Anwar while announcing the increase said that 269 people have been affected by diphtheria and 17 have died, including a 24-year-old man.
(function(d, s, id){
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3&appId=770767426360150”;
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));
(function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.7”;
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));