Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 3: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) today alleged that health Department has shelved transfer policy of doctors that was adopted in the interest of patient care.
The DAK president, Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan said the transfer policy that was aimed at smooth functioning of health institutions particularly located in far-flung areas, is confined to papers only.
“Every doctor has to compulsorily serve for a minimum period of two years in category “A” (very difficult) and for five years in category “B/C” (difficult) health institutions in his/her first ten years of service. Health Department is defying transfer policy only to give places of choice to influential doctors,” he said.
The DAK president said that there is a well-oiled nexus between these doctors and Directorate of Health Services that is sabotaging the implementation of transfer policy. “These doctors manage their choicest postings and remain on their places of convenience for decades. They are not touched and are not even considered for transfer,” he added.
“Even if they are transferred, the orders get revoked within no time. These doctors indulge in hegemony of hospital administration due to their longer stays. They cut short their duty hours and go to their nearby private clinics as they consider these hospitals as fiefdoms. Many of these doctors ask the patients to visit their private clinics even though they come to hospital for free treatment,” said Dr Nisar.
The peripheral health care is in complete shambles due to messy transfer system in the health department, the DAK president said.
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