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Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 3: With the Jammu and Kashmir becoming Union Territory, the government is mulling a ban on the private practice by the doctors working with the Government Medical Colleges and its associated hospitals across J&K.
The prospective development is being seen as a historic leap in the history of healthcare sector of Jammu and Kashmir that will benefit the patient care in the Union Territory.
Sources said the Health and Medical Education Department is likely to announce a ban on the private practice by doctors working with the GMCs or its associated hospitals, who till now could run the business after the duty hours without any restrictions.
Sources said the Raj Bhawan has got expert recommendations that in tune with the norms in other union territories in the country, the doctors in J&K would have to give up private practice or the violators would have to face action that can even lead to termination of the government service.
"They(doctors) will be entitled to non practicing allowance and any of them who takes the allowance will not be allowed to work in private. Any violation will have serious ramifications including termination of the services," said in senior official in the Civil Secretariat.
Sources said the Law department and also the Health and Medical Education department would be asked to finalize modalities in this regard.
Experts said the decision would help to streamline the health sector in the new Union Territory. "Till now the patients would often complain that doctors would spend most of the time in private practice than at the government hospitals but once the practice is banned the menace will end," said a health expert.
When contacted a senior official in the Civil Secretariat said that some such plans were in the offing but a final decision would be taken by the competent authority in due course of time after proper deliberations.
"But nothing has been finalized as yet," he added.
Till now, barring the medicos working with the SK Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura in Srinagar, the doctors working with the GMCs in Jammu and Kashmir regions were enjoying private practice.
The SKIMS had not only banned by private practice but it was declared a criminal offence. |
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