Punjab Govt. doctors under radar over private practice
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Patiala: Recently reports of senior doctors including the heads of various departments (HODs) of Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital indulging in private medical practice despite receiving non-practicing allowance (NPA) have put the authorities on an investigative front.
A non-practice allowance(NPA) is a special allowance given to doctors employed by the central government (of India) and certain state governments. A medical officer who refrains from private practice can ask for such allowance.
Many of these doctors are continuing their private practice from their residence, though authorities have warned them time and again not to indulge in private practice as they are already accepting NPA from the government. As per a recent media report by The Tribune, doctors from different departments including medicine, orthopedics, skin, surgery, and gynecology were running their own consultancy services at their houses during evening hours.
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