Himachal Debars In-service Medical Officers to pursue certain PG Medical courses outside state; Medicos see red
Kangra: A recent order by the Himachal Pradesh Government which directs that as the state has “sufficient” number of Medical Officers in Preventive and Social Medicine (Community Medicine), MPH, MAE, DPH and MHA specialities and hence may not be sponsored is being drastically condemned by the doctors.
The hilly state sponsors many medical officers (in-service doctors) to go and pursue PG medical courses in other states, with the condition that after completion of their course, they will come back and serve in himachal for a certain period. The order effectively implies that those candidates wishing to pursue PG medical courses in these specialities will no longer be provided any government support for their career enhancement
The order has not gone well with the medicos working in the state.
Terming this order as "regressive, discriminatory, fascist and humiliating", the Himachal Pradesh Medical Officers’ Association (HMOA) have demanded its rollback and threatened of resorting to agitation if the orders are not withdrawn by the government. The association has stated that this order aimed at marginalising and demeaning the very important specialities which are a national priority in health services. Dr Susheel Sharma, HMOA spokesperson, alleged that the order is an infringement of the basic human right to education.
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