5 months ago
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The Service Doctors and Post Graduates Association (SDPGA) has flagged the uneven organisation of postgraduates (PG) nether the District Residency Programme (DRP), with PGs not being posted to a fig of authorities hospitals (GH). A illustration survey of the postings recovered that zero PGs were posted to 12 authorities hospitals, including successful Cuddalore and Tiruvallur districts.
The association’s president P. Saminathan, successful a missive to the Health Secretary, said that an investigation of DRP posting orders issued by the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) and Research shows that the PGs person been posted with nary circumstantial criteria being followed. Government hospitals with precocious Institutional Services Monitoring Report (ISMR) show and diligent attraction person been “penalised” arsenic nary PG has been posted nether the programme. DRP is simply a three-month mandatory posting successful territory hospitals for PGs arsenic per National Medical Commission (NMC) norms.
“As per monthly ISMR, immoderate of these hospitals execute amended offering bully diligent attraction with little fig of doctors. Instead of augmenting the workforce by posting PGs nether DRP, the section has not posted immoderate PG successful these hospitals, thereby adding accent to the already overworked workforce. It looks similar the officials missed retired connected aged District Headquarters Hospitals specified arsenic astatine Cuddalore and a fig of taluk Government Hospitals successful the posting and concentrated connected caller District Headquarters Hospitals successful 14 districts, missing retired connected Hosur and Vedaranyam arsenic well,” helium said.
For instance, PGs from Cuddalore authorities aesculapian college, Chidambaram, person been posted to adjacent Sirkazhi GH and Mayiladuthurai GH successful Mayiladuthurai district, portion nary person been posted to Cuddalore GH. Similarly, nearing 30-odd PGs were posted to Manapparai GH and nary to Srirangam GH, Dr. Saminathan added.
The illustration survey recovered that nary PGs person been posted to the GHs successful Vriddhachalam, Chidambaram, Panruti, Cuddalore, Avadi, Srirangam, Tiruvottiyir, Hosur, Edappadi, Denkanikottai, Manachanallur and Villupuram. For instance, Cuddalore GH, which has 88 doctors successful presumption retired of the 94 sanctioned posts, connected an average, sees 83,459 outpatients and 22,011 in-patients successful a period arsenic per ISMR. It performs 122 large wide surgeries and 500 deliveries.
Citing the show of these hospitals, SDPGA requested the Department for equitable organisation of PGs based connected diligent services provided astatine these hospitals arsenic per ISMR monthly report, and to behaviour transparent counselling to station the PGs by displaying disposable speciality-wise vacancies. The relation besides demanded that PGs should beryllium provided with accommodation and nutrient during the DRP, and to hole DRP posting lists six months successful beforehand arsenic per NMC norms.
