RINAGAR, SATURDAY, 13,RAMADAN 1435 AH ; 12 JULY 2014 CEEdition :SearchMobile:m.greaterkashmirHOMEKashmirSrinagar CityJammuBusinessSportsBriefsNationalWorldEditorialOpinionGK MagazineFor ContributorsePaperGkWT(GK)DENTISTS STAGE DEMO, TORCH DEGREE CERTIFICATES(GK)KASHMIR REVERBERATES WITH ‘DOWN WITH ISRAEL’ SLOGANS(GK)SIX AMARNATH PILGRIMS INJURED IN ROAD ACCIDENTDentists stage demo, torch degree certificatesMudasir YaqoobLastupdate at : Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:03:06 ISTSrinagar, July 12: Accusing the government of ignoring their plight, Dental Surgeons Association (DSA) Saturday staged a protest here at Press Enclave and demanded creation ofa separate directorate for dental health in the state.The protesters, numbering around 50, set copiesof their degree certificates on fire to symbolize what they termed as ‘official apathy’.The protesting dentists claimed their counterparts in Jammu are “on fast unto death” from past three days at Amphalla Chowk in the city and that nobody from the administration has bothered to visit them.“This describes the pathetic and non-serious attitude of government towards our demands,” adentist who didn’t want to be named told GreaterKashmir.He claimed said that around 1300 dental surgeons are unemployed in the state and every year there is an addition of 300 pass-outs from various government-run dental colleges of the state.“There is a requirement of dental surgeons in every small and big hospital of the state, including the two main dental colleges, GDC Srinagar and GDC Jammu. However, no posts have been created since 2008,” he said.During the tenure of the previous government, hesaid, few posts were filled and ‘that too as an election gimmick’.“Our pleas,” he said, “have always fallen on deaf ears.”“The Minister for Medical Education, Taj Mohiuddin, told us, during four meetings, that wewill be provided jobs but so far nothing has beendone.“People call us cream of the society but we havebeen pushed to the wall. This certificate is simply a piece of paper, worth nothing. Torching it makes no difference.”Maintaining that they had pinned hopes on chiefminister Omar Abdullah as he was young and supposed to understand the problems of youth, the protesters said they have lost hope now.
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