Work On Holidays, Get compensatory off days: New Odisha policy for its medical officers
The Odisha Medical and Health Service (OMHS) has introduced a provision allowing medical officers to avail compensatory off-days if they work on designated public holidays. Announced by Health and Family Welfare Secretary Shalini Pandit, this policy ensures officers receive equal off-days within the same month, provided there's adequate staffing at the health facility.;
Bhubaneswar: In good news for medical officers working in the state, working on public holidays will make them eligible for a compensatory day-off on another day. The government has issued guidelines to this effect to all medical colleges and hospitals in the state.
Odisha Medical and Health Service (OMHS) officers can now avail off-days in lieu of notified public holidays, officials said. Health and family welfare secretary Shalini Pandit on Thursday issued the guidelines to the heads of all medical institutions.
According to the guidelines, an OMHS officer, who attended to duty on a designated public holiday(s) notified by the state government, will be allowed to avail an equal number of off-days in the same month. This facility, however comes with a caveat that compensatory day-offs can only be availed subject to availability of adequate human resources at the health facility.
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