Punjab: Another Doctor quits job at Aam Aadmi Clinic

It was reported that staff members have been deputed from other hospitals to operate the clinic, with no permanent doctors yet employed.

The clinic is also experiencing a shortage of manpower due to doctors not showing up after being appointed. Therefore, the health department had to search for manpower after a pharmacist and clinical assistant failed to appear at the mohalla clinic on August 15.

Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra earlier said that 109 mohalla clinics will be set up by the end of this financial year in the state.

He also said that every mohalla clinic will have one medical officer, pharmacist, clinic assistant and helping staff but many of the clinics are now either reeling under a shortage of adequate manpower or doctors resigning from the post without citing valid reasons.

As a result, patients are also facing inconvenience at the clinics with delayed treatments and waiting for proper medical attention. Providing patients with an easy and accessible treatment facility through mohalla clinics is slowly starting to backfire.

Chief Medical Officer Dr Anil Kumar told The Tribune, "Two staffers have been appointed. Though the doctor is on deputation, very soon permanent appointment will also be made."

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