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Shortage of doctors in govt hospitals, adding miseries to patients

Subodh Bhasin. Dated: 7/20/2017 11:05:23 AM

Subodh Bhasin
Jammu, July 19
With several announcements by the government to open new Medical Colleges in the State particularly in far flung regions without taking into consideration that there is deficiency of specialists in most of the regions of Jammu district.
At the point when the Government is not in a position to give the satisfactory staff in the effectively existing doctor's facilities, the lofty Super strength Hospital Jammu is confronting lack of several specialists and District Hospitals are likewise running with deficiency of specialists what is the enjoyment of opening an ever increasing number of Medical Colleges in the State, is a million dollar question.
128 posts of specialists including, Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Lecturers, Registrars, Assistant Surgeons and so on are empty in the Super Specialty Hospital Jammu which has the aggregate endorsed quality of 187 posts of specialists. Many posts of specialists including Surgeon Specialists, Dermatologists, Physicians, Radiologists, Orthopedic Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons and so forth are lying empty in region doctor's facilities all finished Jammu locale with the Health and Medical Education Department absolutely dozing over the issue.
The shortage of specialists is unfavorably influencing the patient care and treatment in the various hospitals and has been a reason for' conflict in many situations, which even outcomes into open disdain. The attendants going with the patients for treatment regularly asserted that specialists don't take legitimate care however because of absence of sufficient doctors they are overburdened with the work because of which patients can't get appropriate care and treatment.
Although Samba was been given the District status several years back, the Samba hospital is as yet anticipating the District Hospital status however the issue was brought commonly up in the past as well yet without any result.
Because of the absence of several specialists patients are compelled to move to the private hospitals within Jammu and most often outside the state. The concerned Ministry however completely mindful of the issue has never taken serious steps in topping off the empty posts to enhance the work culture in the State hospitals.
The successive Governments neglected to explain the issue to put the Health and Medical Education System on rails in the State and rather attempted to run it on adhoc base. The specialists prefer to join benefits in the State as they are tired of the framework. As the work load is manifold in several hospitals due to shortage of staff several doctors have constrained to leave and join private clinic outside J&K. At the point when the officials and legislators don't have the foggiest idea about the estimation of higher capability and badger the exceptionally qualified specialists they want to work outside State.