Give NPA, Ban private practice: IGIMS Director to Bihar Government

"Apart from the doctors working under these autonomously run institutes in Bihar, other government doctors under the state have the choice to get into private practice after their duty hours," he explained

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In connection to the private practice being done in the state, the director of the IGIMS Patna, in his address during a seminar at the institute suggested "full autonomy to medical institutions" to improve healthcare facility and patient care, reports the

HT.

He mentioned that the doctors in the state be given NPA and should be available for the patient round the clock, as in AIIMS like body.

The autonomy would enhance the quality of the institutions as the appointment of Directors and the faculty members would be done through all-India competitions, he added.

Bihar's  Principal secretary, health, Sanjay Kumar, had informed that the government was actively considering autonomy for five of its premier health facilities on the pattern of IGIMS, quotes the HT.

The five institutes chosen to be given autonomy include-

• The multi-specialty Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH)


• The Indira Gandhi Institute of Cardiology (IGIC), a superspecialty centre for cardiology


• Rajendra Nagar Government Hospital, a superspecialty centre for eyecare


• Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan Hospital, a superspecialty centre for orthopaedics;


• The New Gardiner Road Hospital, a superspecialty centre for endocrinology and nephrology.