Administrative Doctors will perform Clinical Services: Haryana Govt

Chandigarh: The Haryana Government has come up a new initiative to curb the shortage of doctors at state run hospital. The state health department has made it mandatory for all the doctors in administrative posts to perform clinical duties for a particular period as prescribed by the department.

According to the latest heath department order, “Health department is facing acute shortage of doctors. A large number of doctors are working in administrative posts and not performing any clinical duties."

It is reported that the Director General of Health Services will perform clinical duties for a day in a month while his additional director generals and directors will see patients for two days in a month.

Making schedule of the administrative doctors and adjusting them in clinical services, all the civil surgeons will examine patients for one day in a week, while other doctors on administrative duties like principal medical officer, medical superintendent, senior medical officers, deputy civil surgeons, deputy directors, dental directors as well as those medical and dental doctors posted in the Director’s office, NHM, civil surgeon’s office or any other office will also perform clinical duties twice a week, reports Tribune