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| Facing 55 percent shortage of doctors, govt contemplates banning private practice | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 29: The State government’s proposed move to ban private practice of doctors, is fraught with serious health consequences. The move had not only failed in the past but it had only added to the woes of the patients.
There is 55 percent shortage of doctors in the State. In Uttranachal and Himachal Pradesh, which are also hilly states, the shortage is much lower and the health services are much improved.
The state government had failed to fill in the vacancies despite it being a open fact that there is shortage of doctors. The government has repeatedly saying that that vacancies have been send to the Public Service Commission.
However, since doctors don’t constitute the vote bank no serious efforts were made. The same government has employed about 44,000 youth at much junior level and the government boasts of figure with an eye on elections.
The shortage of the doctors is compounded with the fact that total allocation of state government on health sector is less about one percent of its plan, which is much less than the national figure.
The state facing such crunch of doctors can ill afford to ban private practice as it will not only result in cramming of already over burden hospitals. It will be further compounded by the fact that there is absence of private hospitals- which though is a health sign as people have still faith in government hospitals.
The proposed move comes on the recommendations of the committee of Legislators constituted after infants deaths were reported at GB Pant hospital.
The same legislators didn’t put their head to understand the genesis of the problem: the shortage of doctors.
The same legislators hadn’t even asked government to make serious steps in this direction and questioned the government for miniscule allocation to health department.
The move has failed repeatedly failed in the past and it will fail again, if the government gives nod to recommendations under political pressure. |
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