Stop this Adhocism in the lives of doctors

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ADHOCISM- A TOOL OF EXPLOITATION
The World Health Organization has identified India as one of the 57 countries that suffer from critical shortage of Health workers (World Health Report 2006). This fact may make some think- in such scarcity doctors must be having some lucrative jobs waiting for them in order to lure young brains for medical profession.
But the reality is far from this. A doctor has to go through years of rigorous training ranging from 10 to 12 years to become postgraduate. A postgraduate doctor then applies for senior residency at the age of 28 to 30 years. Reasonably, it is an age where one expects some social/financial security in his/her life. At this age, every individual is expected to support their family and start making some future plans. In a life of a doctor however, practically, this is nowhere to be seen. A doctor has to travel across the country to find jobs, even ones with no security and visible future. Is it justifiable?
And what does the government have to offer to us class one officers? Nothing but a culture of adhocism of 30 to 89 days. It seems that biggest employer of healthcare workers is also the one which is most exploitative, where our highly qualified colleagues have no job security, no definite place to settle, no proper schooling of children and they move like vagabond over and over every 30-89 days.
When the tenure of senior residency is fixed why can’t we be offered a straight 3 years of service instead of harassing us again and again? What is the catch behind holding interviews again & again for 89 days? I fail to understand that, why a country like ours which is in such desperate need of healthcare providers is offering its trained doctors with only job insecurity?
The World Health Organization has identified India as one of the 57 countries that suffer from critical shortage of Health workers (World Health Report 2006). This fact may make some think- in such scarcity doctors must be having some lucrative jobs waiting for them in order to lure young brains for medical profession.
But the reality is far from this. A doctor has to go through years of rigorous training ranging from 10 to 12 years to become postgraduate. A postgraduate doctor then applies for senior residency at the age of 28 to 30 years. Reasonably, it is an age where one expects some social/financial security in his/her life. At this age, every individual is expected to support their family and start making some future plans. In a life of a doctor however, practically, this is nowhere to be seen. A doctor has to travel across the country to find jobs, even ones with no security and visible future. Is it justifiable?
And what does the government have to offer to us class one officers? Nothing but a culture of adhocism of 30 to 89 days. It seems that biggest employer of healthcare workers is also the one which is most exploitative, where our highly qualified colleagues have no job security, no definite place to settle, no proper schooling of children and they move like vagabond over and over every 30-89 days.
When the tenure of senior residency is fixed why can’t we be offered a straight 3 years of service instead of harassing us again and again? What is the catch behind holding interviews again & again for 89 days? I fail to understand that, why a country like ours which is in such desperate need of healthcare providers is offering its trained doctors with only job insecurity?
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