Karnataka to offer Rs 1.25 lakh pm to Private Specialists to fill up temporary vacancies
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BENGALURU: Faced with a shortage of approximately 1100 specialists in the government hospitals in Karnataka, the government is soon going to resort to hiring private practitioners to fill up the the vacancies temporarily.
For the same, government has proposed to pay Rs 1.25 lakh per month to a specialist, who volunteers to work in government hospitals. If the doctor comes on a visit, he/she will be paid Rs 2000 for six-hour outpatient duty (OPD) per day reports TOI
It is reported that such hiring shall be need based and undertaken on temporary basis. The final decision making on the timing as well as person for hiring has been left to medical superintendent or doctor in charge of the government medical facility.
The move of the state government comes as a desperate measure to fill up the vacancies,which exist at all points of healthcare delivery including PHCs, CHCs as well as Taluk Hospitals. Currently, the state government is in need for 216 paediatricians, 217 anaesthetists, 174 gynaecologists, 94 general medicine practitioners, 63 general surgeons -posts for which have been lying vacant despite repeated advertisements. Vacancies exist in almost all specialties including ENT, dentistry, Ophthalmology,etc, besides those mentioned above.
For the same, government has proposed to pay Rs 1.25 lakh per month to a specialist, who volunteers to work in government hospitals. If the doctor comes on a visit, he/she will be paid Rs 2000 for six-hour outpatient duty (OPD) per day reports TOI
It is reported that such hiring shall be need based and undertaken on temporary basis. The final decision making on the timing as well as person for hiring has been left to medical superintendent or doctor in charge of the government medical facility.
The move of the state government comes as a desperate measure to fill up the vacancies,which exist at all points of healthcare delivery including PHCs, CHCs as well as Taluk Hospitals. Currently, the state government is in need for 216 paediatricians, 217 anaesthetists, 174 gynaecologists, 94 general medicine practitioners, 63 general surgeons -posts for which have been lying vacant despite repeated advertisements. Vacancies exist in almost all specialties including ENT, dentistry, Ophthalmology,etc, besides those mentioned above.
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