Himachal Government has placed seven doctors under suspension on charges of working for private hospitals.
Kaul Singh Thakur, Himachal Health and Family Welfare Minister said that these doctors had been willfully absenting from their duty in the hospitals and were also involved in private practice.
These doctors are Dr Prashant Rana, medical officer, RH Chamba, Dr Dinesh Thakur, medical officer RH Bilaspur, Dr Ashwani Sammi, medical officer RH Chamba, Dr Pankaj Sharma, medical officer CHC Nalagarh, Solan, Dr Arvind Sharma, medical officer CH Kangra, Dr Deepak Thakur, medical officer Bilaspur and Dr Pankaj Sharma, medical officer RH Bilaspur.
The Minister said that these doctors were not properly performing their duties and attending the patients.
He said that an inquiry was conducted against these doctors and the State Government has taken serious note of facts that doctors had remained absent from the hospitals.
Thakur said that the headquarters of the doctors put under suspension has been fixed at Directorate of Health Services, Shimla and they will not leave the headquarter without permission of competent authority.
The Minister said that few more doctors are also under scanner.
He also asked the medical officers to compulsorily prescribe generic medicines so that objective of the government of easy accessibility of medical care to the poor people is fulfilled.
He also appealed to the medical fraternity to adopt this noble profession of service to the humanity as a mission as people have faith in doctors and they consider them next to God while in suffering and they should also respect and maintain this belief.