Streamlining of H&ME Deptt
Recommendations for transfers to attract disciplinary action
Govind Sharma
JAMMU, May 19: To streamline the functioning of the Health & Medical Education Department in Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary, H&ME Department Navin K Choudhary today took several important decisions including drafting of a transparent transfer policy for the doctors, making bio-metric attendance mandatory in all departments and rationalizing/streamlining working hours of medical and paramedical staff of the Health institutions.
Observing that some Medical Officers and paramedical staff bring recommendations from different political leaders and dignitaries for their transfers and postings, the Principal Secretary directed all Heads of the Departments falling under administrative control of H&ME Department to impress upon all the officers/officials working under their control not to bring any such recommendation for their transfers and postings.
“Such recommendations would attract disciplinary action as these causes undue interference in the functioning of the Department and is also in violation of the instructions issued by the General Administration Department vide Circular number 05-GAD of 2017 dated 02-02-2017,” said a circular issued today by Principal Secretary, H&ME Department, J&K.
The Principal Secretary also pointed out that Heads of the Departments have been effectuating the transfers of Gazetted officers at their own level without approval of the Administrative Department. Stating that this trend is contrary to the laid down transfer policy as transfers and postings of Gazetted officers fall in the exclusive domain of the Administrative Department, he directed that henceforth, no HoD shall effect the transfers and postings of Gazetted officers at his/her own level and if under any emergent situation, they are required to make such transfers they shall seek prior approval of the Administrative Department.
He also laid stress on drafting a transparent transfer policy for the doctors after studying the models of transfer policy of states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra so that every doctor gets a chance to serve in rural/urban areas. For the purpose, he constituted a 7-member committee headed by Managing Director J&K Medical Supplies Corporation Limited/Director Coordination New GMCs, which will submit its report within 6 weeks.
Choudhary also emphasized on rationalization/streamlining of duty hours/working hours of medical and paramedical staff of the Health institutions and for this he constituted a committee with Director General, Family Welfare MCH & Immunization, J&K as its head. The Committee has been asked to submit its report within 6 weeks along with specific recommendations/suggestions on the subject.
In another significant decision, the Principal Secretary made the bio-metric attendance mandatory in all the departments falling under the administrative control of H&ME Department. He directed all HoDs to submit weekly summary of the bio-metric attendance system.
He also viewed seriously the unnecessary referral of patients from primary health institutions to Government Medical Colleges Srinagar/Jammu and other medical colleges of the UT, and constituted a committee headed by Principal GMC Srinagar to study the present referral system while taking into account the data of referrals in last three months.
Expressing grave concern over the high rate of caesareans cases in Government hospitals, the Principal Secretary directed the committee headed by Principal GMC Srinagar to examine the issue and suggest appropriate measures to reduce the rate of these cases.
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