The Jharkhand Government is on the move to grant permission for setting up medical colleges to the private hospitals to tide over the dearth of doctors in the State. Jharkhand is facing acute dearth of doctors, its a glaring situation for the state, admitted state health minister Ram Chandra Chandravashi.
“We are on the move and issue would be short out very shortly. Scarcity of the doctors can only be solved by granting permissions to open medical colleges to the private hospitals across the state,” said the Minister on Sunday.
He added that against state government’s announcement of vacancies of at least 700 doctors across the state, it has received only 300 applications so far. “So opening of new medical colleges in the state is only the solution to tide over the situation. We are on move to grant permissions to those private hospitals, that are having 20 acers of surplus land in their possession,” said Minister.
Beside other facilities the state government would also provides a grant to Rs 30 crore for setting up the colleges, added Chandravanshi. It’s worth mentioning that, even after 15 years of existence, Jharkhand’s common citizens continue to miss even the most basic facility of health services.
According to a rough estimate, Jharkhand has shortage of about 7000 doctors. As far as specialist doctors are concerned, the situation is even more glaring; the state having shortage of more that 70 specialists till date, sources said.
“In a bid to strengthen the medical and healthcare facilities across the state new doctors and paramedical staffs would be deployed very soon” admitting acute dearth of doctors and other medical staffs in Jharkhand, said Chandravashi. The Minister was in Bokaro to participate in a private function organized at K M Memorial Hospital and Researcher Center, Chas.