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Docs overstay in hospitals, violate transfer policy 12/11/2015 11:43:28 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Dec 11: The Health department has resorted to favoritism in posting doctors at the district hospitals and other hospitals, with a number of doctors overstaying there. According to sources, scores of doctors are overstaying at the hospitals in violation of transfer policy and have managed to retain their postings despite complaints that they have been negligent in discharging their duties. Sources said that "some influential doctors" who have strong connections with the higher ups have been defying service conduct rules by overstaying at the present place of posting beyond the maximum duration. "Dozens of doctors are due for transfer but they are retained at the same hospitals due to their political clout," said a doctor working in the sub district hospital Sopore. As per the rules, a doctor can stay for a maximum of two years at a particular place of posting. "These doctors cut short their duty hours and go for private practice in clinics and private hospitals as they have considered these hospitals as fiefdoms," sources said. Sources said that such doctors ask the patients to visit their private clinics even after they come to hospitals for free treatment. Sources said that one such glaring example is the district hospital Pulwama where several doctors are posted for the last so many years. Recently, two women and a baby died of alleged negligence by doctors in Pulwama, sparking protests against overstaying doctors in the town. After protests by the people, the government in a major shakeup in the hospital shifted about 62 paramedics. But the government did not reshuffle the overstaying doctors as the people had demanded. The Health department has faced immense criticism from people for promoting nepotism and posting 'favourite' doctors at their preferred places. It is to mention here that state's Health and Medical Education minister Lal Singh had on the floor of the Assembly stated that the overstaying doctors will be transferred but he has not lived up to his word.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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