PANJIM: Goa Forward Party (GFP) has demanded that a circular be issued immediately to all Govt offices to grant Work Related Illness and Injury Leave (WRIIL) to all the doctors, nurses and police personnel who were allotted Covid-19 related duties.
“It has come to the notice of the Goa Forward Party that despite there being separate provisions for grant of special leave called Work Related Illness and Injury Leave (WRILL) for Govt employees who suffer illness/ injuries that are attributable to/aggravated in the course of their duties,” said Nazareth
He said that the Govt servants like doctors, nurses, police personnel and other Govt employees who were assigned Covid-19 related duties are either denied the said special leave or are kept in dark of such provisions and are granted or made to apply commuted leave, Earned leave, Extraordinary leave or any other type of leave due and admissible inspite of the fact that they risked their lives while combating the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Nazareth