Bhubaneswar:
Members cutting across party lines in the State Assembly on Friday
expressed their concern over the poor state of health services and acute
shortage of doctors in the KBK districts.
Responding to a
question asked by Congress member Santosh Singh Saluja, Health Minister
Damodar Rout admitted that doctors are reluctant to serve in the KBK
districts despite incentives offered to them by the
Government. Even, doctors who are natives of the KBK region are not
keen to serve in the area and, instead, want postings in Cuttack and
Bhubaneswar, he said.
Revealing that 403 doctors’ posts are
lying vacant in the KBK districts, Dr Rout said the situation would
improve with the opening of new medical colleges in the State. Stern
actions like dismissal and notices in newspapers have been planned
against the doctors remaining on leave for infinite periods on some
pretext or the other after being posted to the KBK areas, he said.
He said as many as 65 new medical colleges would come up in the country
with Central assistance during the 12th Plan period and Odisha has
proposed to set up four new medical colleges, one each in Baleswar,
Baripada, Koraput and Balangir districts.
Source: The Pioneer.
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