Sunday, April 30, 2017

Mandatory Clinical Duties For Admin Doctors

In view of acute shortage of doctors in the state, Haryana government has directed its doctors posted on administrative responsibilities to perform clinical duties additionally. Furthermore, the doctors will also have an option to choose the hospital of their choice for discharging their clinical duties.
According to a circular issued by the health department, the director general of health services will perform clinical duties for a day in a month while additional director generals and directors will see patients for two days in a month.
At the district level, the civil surgeons will examine patients for once every week. While, principal medical officer, medical superintendent, senior medical officers, deputy civil surgeons, deputy directors, dental directors as well as doctors posted in the office of director, NHM, civil surgeon etc will perform clinical duties twice a week.
“The days when a doctor does not perform the clinical duty or makeup in the following week, will be treated as absence from duty,” said health minister.
Source: India Medial times

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