Taking a stern note of the absconding medical officers who have signed a bond with the State Government, the health department has made chief medical officer (CMO) of the district concerned accountable for their absence.
In a meeting of the health department officials held at the state secretariat on Thursday, the medical health and family welfare secretary Nitesh Jha said that such absconding ‘bonded’ medical officers should be identified and necessary legal action against them should be initiated.
He further stressed on better coordination between medical education director and director general ( DG) health for appointment of the ‘bonded’ medical officers. Jha clearly said that the absconding doctors should be removed from the service and new appointments in their place should be made.
The ‘bonded’ medical officers are the young medicos who at the time of admission in the medical colleges enter into a bond with the state government that they would serve in the health department of the state after completion of their education.
In lieu of this bond, they pay highly subsidised fees during the period of their stay in the medical colleges. However, instead of fulfilling the condition as mentioned in the bond, many medicos become absconding.
