Make specialists doctors posting in Lakshadweep compulsory: Parl panel
New Delhi: Anguished over the government's lackadaisical approach towards medical requirements of the people of Lakshadweep, where several posts of specialists doctors have been lying vacant for over 13 years, the Parliamentary Panel has recommended to dismiss the services of doctors, if they are reluctant in joining in the Union Territory.
Recommending the government to incorporate a clause for doctors in its policy for compulsory posting at Lakshadweep, the parliamentary committee on Administration and Development of Union Territory of Lakshadweep said in its report, "The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) must pursue the medical recruitment agencies and the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to incorporate a clause in the Recruitment Rules for mandatory postings to Lakshadweep without any exception and any reluctance on the part of doctors may be a sufficient ground for their dismissal from services."
The panel-headed by Congress veteran leader P Chidambaram observed that several posts of specialists doctors were lying vacant for 13 years and queried the ministry for the steps taken to resolve the issues.
The Home Ministry said that numbers of attempts were made to address the issues but it didn't translate into reality as the doctors posted at the Central government were not willing to stay in the Union Territory.
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