The Government has initiated a process to take action against 613 doctors who have not joined their workplaces for a long time now.
In a written reply to a question by Krushna Chandra Sagaria, Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak informed the State Assembly that an advertisement mentioning names of these erring doctors has already been published in newspapers.
The Minister said 4,288 doctors are serving now in different medical colleges and hospitals against the sanctioned 4,842 posts. While 554 doctor posts are lying vacant, 255 doctors are discharging administrative responsibilities.
The Medical Council of India has not stipulated any number of doctor requirement on the basis of population, he said.
To a similar question put by BJD MlA Ranendra Pratap Swain, the Minister said Professors and Associate Professors who have been working in three Government medical colleges for over 15 years are being transferred in a phased manner. While 27 Professors and Associate Professors are in SCB MCH in Cuttack for over 15 years, their numbers in the VIMSAR, Burla and MKCG MCH, Brahmapur are 20 and 33, respectively.
The doctors are transferred as per the transfer order of the General Administration Department, the Minister said.