UT to hire doctors on contract

For the first time,the UT Health Department is going to hire doctors for its hospitals in the city on contract.

For the first time,the UT Health Department is going to hire doctors for its hospitals in the city on contract. The proposal which was sent a month back by the health department to the UT Administration for approval has been given the go-ahead by the Advisor to the UT Administrator K K Sharma.

In fact,they have decided to hire specialists including gynecologists,orthopedists,pediatricians,and endocrinologists for Government Multi Specialty Hospital,Sector 16,Government Medical College and Hospital,Sector 32 and Community Health Centre,Sector 22,Government Hospital,Manimajra besides for various dispensaries.

Director Health Services,Dr Chander Mohan speaking with the Chandigarh Newsline said,We had sent the proposal in May and now it has been accepted. In a day or two,we will decide the criteria to hire the doctors and accordingly issue advertisements. The idea is to hire the doctors as early as possible.

Sources say that once the current shortage of doctors is taken care of,the plan to upgrade the Community Health Centre would also be expedited. The Health department has planned to upgrade the Centre into a full fledged community hospital with different specialised wards for patient care. The aim is to ease out the ever increasing burden of patients on GMSH Sector 16 and GMCH Sector 32, he added.

The health department has been battling with considerable shortage of doctors. This,despite the fact that the health department gets its share of doctors on deputation from Punjab and Haryana.

However,even after repeated reminders sent to both Punjab and Haryana government to send panel of doctors on deputation at the Government Multi Specialty Hospital,Sector 16,failed to bring in any doctors,the hospital authorities decided to hire 30 doctors on contract basis.

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