Doctors Absent From Work For Over A Year Without Intimation To Be Dismissed
The minister held a review meeting with the medical superintendents of government hospitals and principals of government medical colleges as also the administrators at NTR university of health sciences here on Friday.
Vijayawada: Health minister Satya Kumar Yadav has warned dismissal of doctors from service if they remained absent from work for a year without any intimation.
The minister held a review meeting with the medical superintendents of government hospitals and principals of government medical colleges as also the administrators at NTR university of health sciences here on Friday.
He said the attendance of the doctors and the health staff for work had seen a growth by 8 per cent in the last 19 months. But, based on this, one could not assess the quality of medical services in the state.
The minister said that during the YSRC term, a majority of doctors remained absent at work unofficially for two to four years. This had a major adverse impact on the quality of healthcare services in AP.
He cautioned doctors that, as per the new norms, the government would terminate the services of those who remained absent from work for more than a year. If doctors who were appointed or transferred failed to report to work in the given time, they would be surrendered to the directorate of medical education, he said.
The minister asked the health authorities to initiate disciplinary action against them after taking an explanation.
He advised the doctors to provide proper medical treatment to patients so that they would be healed and can return to their home with a beaming smile on their faces.
Referring to the public opinion taken in the last December on healthcare services, the minister said 60 to 70 per cent of the patients expressed satisfaction. He called upon the medical superintendents to rectify the remaining shortfall in the services.
Health secretary Saurabh Gaur said the department would come up with a system to monitor the government hospitals and functioning of doctors in real time.
As for providing out-patient ward services in the government hospitals last December, Visakhapatnam, Anantapur and Vijayawada hospitals secured the first, second and third positions respectively. They treated patients to a level of more than 100 per cent of the target, he said.
