The Haryana Government has decided to provide relaxation to the doctors for getting posted in their home districts. Haryana Health Minister, Anil Vij on Friday said that with this decision, doctors would be able to provide services in their home districts.
He said that doctors of Health Department had been raising this demand from a long period that they should be posted in their home districts so that they would be more focused towards their duties and also be able to give time to their families. Vij said that with a view to increase the efficiency of newly appointed doctors, they would be posted in district or Sub Divisional Hospitals for first two years of their service so that they could learn from their seniors.
After that, they could render their two years of services in rural health centres. This would further improve health services in the state and people would get better treatment, added the Health Minister. Notably, there is a huge shortage of doctors in state hospitals, albeit, no medical officer and dental surgeon was appointed from November 1, 2014 to August 1, 2015 in Haryana after the BJP came to the power last October. Apart from this, 27 medical officers submitted their resignation and 25 medical officers remained willfully absent, as per the information provided by the State Government in Haryana Assembly. According to the information, 568 posts of medical officers are lying vacant in Haryana while 61 posts of dental surgeons are lying vacant in various health institutions.
As per the Rural Health Statistics 2014-15 released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there is a shortfall of 1387 health workers (male) at sub centres, 228 health assistants (male) at PHCs (primary health centre), 175 health assistance female at PHCs, 133 laboratory technicians in PHCs and CHCs (community health centre), 62 pharmacists and shortfall of 56 radiographers in PHCs and CHCs in the state.
What’s worse, only 30 specialists are in position in the CHCs resulting in a shortfall of 406 specialists including 102 paediatricians, 98 physicians, 103 OB&GY and 103 surgeons.