To address shortage, Uttar Pradesh Govt to appoint private doctors for treatment at state-run hospitals

The state government had decided to draw the private doctors, including specialists to treat patients at government hospitals.

Allahabad, May 6: The medical department is facing a shortage of doctors at government-run district hospitals as well as communities and primary health centres across Uttar Pradesh, so the state government had decided to draw the private doctors, including specialists to treat patients at government hospitals. There is 7000 shortage of doctors of which around 1800 are specialists, in the state.

The state medical and health minister Sidharth Nath Singh had met private doctors in organised meeting at Allahabad, Lucknow and Varanasi and urged them to give at least four hours a week from their precious time to treat patients at district hospitals as well as PHCs and CHCs and for these Uttar Pradesh will submit the planning, how the private doctors will voluntarily give their time for the patients in hospitals.

The medical and health department will work on the methods, how the private doctors and specialist doctors will get their consultation fee from government on the basis of the number of patients they will attend or it will be concerning by another process, it will be decided by the state government after medical and health department submitting their report.

“In light of the acute shortage of doctors, we have decided to engage doctors with a private practice on a transparent basis for the benefit of the citizens,” health minister had told Hindustan Times.

“Indian Medical Association will act as our facilitators for the initiative and it would be in coordination with its office-bearers that we plan to work out a duty roster for these doctors who volunteer for the task,” he added.