Taking serious note of paucity of doctors especially in the mountainous areas of the state, the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has directed the officers of health department to appoint the specialist doctors of government and private medical colleges on basis of roaster in the hospitals of mountainous areas. He also said that the transfer policy of doctors should be strictly followed.
The CM gave these directions while undertaking a meeting with senior officers of health department at state secretariat here on Thursday. He reportedly lost his cool on highly skewed sex ratio (758 females for every 1000 males) in Pithoragarh district and ordered that the officers to take measurable and corrective measures within a time frame of one year.
He said that CM office would regularly monitor progress in this direction. Rawat said that the strict measures should be taken to ensure that the students studying in the medical colleges and getting concession in fees are working in the government hospitals after completion of studies. In the meeting, he expressed his displeasure on stationary mobile vans of the health department and ordered immediate tenders for purchase of new vehicles. The CM also directed the Chief Secretary and Finance secretary to arrange budget for making the Gandhi Centenary Eye hospital as a centre of excellence. He said that some hospitals are doing a good job under Public Private Partnership (PPP) model should be appreciated but those not discharging their work properly should be strictly dealt with. Rawat made it clear that no compromise would be made on public health. He suggested that use of IT should be made for providing health facilities in remote areas. The CM said that use of tele-medicine and tele-radiology should be made so that services of specialists are availed in remote and mountainous locations.