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Happy Doctors Day
Doctors on earth are like Gods in the heaven. A special day is observed to thank them for their humane services to mankind. Every year July 1 is Doctor’s Day which is very special for every medical practitioner. First Doctor’s Day was celebrated in 1991. Every doctor of any specialization acknowledges the entire medical profession.
The story of Doctor s Day in India is very interesting. The history says, that in the year 1882, July 1st saw the birth of renowned Physician and partisan Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy. He is remembered till date for actively involving himself in starting many institutions, hospitals and was fully dedicated to the upliftment of Indian society.
Doctor s Day is observed to pay tribute to Dr B C Roy and salutes the spirit of his dedication. The red carnation was chosen as the official symbol of Doctors Day because of the color of the flower is in spirit of characters of medical profession. It represents adoration, charity, sacrifice, bravery and audacity.
This day is dedicated to all the doctors opportune to remind them of their vital role in our lives. Doctors owe challenge that even a minor mistake could drastically affect a patient s life and commitment to serve them by all their might. People find Doctor s Day a perfect time to recognize the pressure of the job, expressing thanks to doctors for mentoring and to be grateful for their ability to comfort and heal. US and other western countries commemorate Doctor’s Day on March 30 in memory of the day when Dr. Crawford W. Long first used ether anesthesia in surgery to remove a tumor from a patient’s neck.
Joining after court stay on transfer
गलत तबादला किये जाने अथवा अन्य स्थिति में कई बार कार्मिक अदालत जाकर न्याय मांगते हैं और कई बार वो उस तबादले पर स्थगन आदेश ले आते हैं और उन्हें वापस से जॉइन करवाया जाता है ।
लेकिन जॉइन कहाँ करवाया जाए यह मुद्दा विचारणीय है, इसके लिए निदेशक जन स्वास्थ्य द्वारा निम्न आदेश पारित किया गया है (यह आदेश मेडिकल सुपरिटेंडेंट पर लागू नहीं होता है) –
इस आदेश की आड़ में अनावश्यक ऐ पी ओ कर के रखता है सचिवालय ।
किसी भी विभाग में ऐसा नहीं होता है कि स्थगन प्राप्त अधिकारी कर्मचारी को निदेशालय में उपस्थिति देनी पड़े वह भी महीनों तक ।
मेडिकल सुपरिंटेंडेंट के अधीनस्थ चिकित्सक को सीधे ही ज्वाइन करवाया जाता है ।
जबकि निदेशालय के अधिनस्थ, पीएमओ ,सीएमएचओ एवम् ब्लॉक सीएमओ के अधीन चिकित्सकों को ही निदेशालय में उपस्थिति देनी पड़ती है ।
फाइलें सचिवालय की टेबल पर पड़ी रहती हैं लेकिन डिप्टी सेक्रेटरी साहब कहते हैं contempt lagado contempt laga do :/
ये लोग न्यायालय के आदेशों की पूर्ण पालना नहीं करना चाहते ।
जिन की राजनीतिक (₹) पहुंच है वे अपने स्थानांतरण ही निरस्त करवा लेते हैं, बाकी आम कार्मिक भटकते रहते हैं ।
एपीओ की अधिकतम अवधि फिक्स होनी चाहिए और उसमें कार्मिक के साथ सहयोगात्मक रवैया दिखाते हुए मामले को निपटाया जाना चाहिए, जबकि होता उल्टा है कि जानबूझकर परेशान करने के लिए लटकाया जाता है ताकि कार्मिक सिस्टम के आगे सरेंडर कर दे (₹₹₹) !
Why This Inspiring Doctor’s Departure from Odisha Town Moved Hundreds to Tears!
No one could have imagined that the same town which was once wary of Dr Kishore Chandra’s posting to its community health centre would be moved to tears at his farewell.
A social media post showing 500 people marching in procession, playing drums and hugging the 32-year-old doctor, while bidding him goodbye is going viral!
From the youngest to the oldest, every local in the quaint town of Tentulikhunti in Odisha feels indebted to the 32-year-old doctor. And it wasn’t a surprise to see them (including the doctor) all teary-eyed, as he packed his bags to leave the town to pursue a postgraduate degree in orthopaedics at a private medical college/hospital in Bhubaneswar.
One would wonder what did the man do to deserve such respect? Well, the list is long.
Kishore was posted to the dilapidated community health centre in Tentulikhunti eight years ago. During this time, he transformed the rundown structure into a modern medical facility, equipped with an operation theatre of its own.
According to a Hindustan Times report, Kishore, a graduate from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Medical Sciences in Bengaluru started working in Tentulikhunti when over 80% of specialist positions in the medical field were lying vacant.
He often worked long hours to treat people who would travel long distances to meet him. Dr Das told HT, “People would come here from far-off places, spending as much as Rs 300-400 on travel. I felt bad turning them away just because he had arrived late.”
It wasn’t just his goodwill that made him such an appealing personality among people. He single-handedly transformed the health centre by setting up an air-conditioned delivery room, an operation theatre, and an oxygen concentrator, in addition to other facilities.
And it wasn’t just Tentulikhunti he catered. A year into his practice, when the village of Jharigumma in the vicinity fell prey to a diarrhoea outbreak, he formed a medical team to ensure quick relief and even pressured government officials to stop the discharge of sewage into the local well, which was one of the causes for the epidemic.
It was only a matter of months until he got every villager in this inaccessible place vaccinated against measles.
Lauding the doctor’s journey, Tentulikhunti Block Development Officer, Anakar Thakur, said, “Dr Das was always at the beck and call of over 70,000 people on our block.”
And before he left the town, Dr Das planted over 500 saplings on the hospital campus.
Dr Pramod Kumar Meherda, Health Secretary, Odisha, told Hindustan Times, “We are very proud of him. Doctors like him are our role models.”
Moved by the affection of the locals, Dr Das said,
“I will surely return to Tentulikhunti if I get the chance. Since childhood, I was told that doctors are like God to their patients. The people here treated me like one.”
The entire village walked alongside the doctor to see him off. Such was the crowd that the main road of the town was jammed for over an hour!
If that isn’t true love, we don’t know what is. Dr Kishore Das and the unusual rapport that he shares with these humble locals is an inspiration for several doctors who are sceptical of being posted to remote villages for fear of being disconnected from the rest of the world.
It is only in quaint villages and towns like these that love is immeasurable and medical practitioners are given the respect they truly deserve.
Contractual doctors working in Bihar government’s hospitals will now retire at age of 67 years
PATNA:
Contractual doctors working in Bihar government’s hospitals/ health institutions will now continue in their service till the age of 67 years.
A meeting of state cabinet chaired by CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday approved a health department’s proposal to increase the retirement age of contractual doctors to 67 years from the existing 65, on the pattern of regular government doctors.
A total of 17 proposals of different departments were approved at the cabinet meeting.
Patna based Guru Gobind Singh (GGS) sub-divisional hospital will now be upgraded into a full-fledged district Sadar hospital. The cabinet approved a health department’s proposal in this regard.
Out of total 38 districts in the state, only Patna and Darbhanga districts earlier lack district-level sadar hospitals. With upgradation of GGS hospital into district-level hospital, Patna gets its Sadar hospital.
“The health department has already sanctioned a 100-bed district Sadar hospital for Darbhanga,” principal secretary (health) Sanjay Kumar told TOI on Wednesday.
Patient in Rajasthan denied admission: Doctor cries foul, says action taken without inquiry
| Alwar (Rajasthan) [India] Jul 05, 2017 11:07 PM IST
After reports emerged that an eight-month pregnant woman was allegedly refused admission in three different hospitals in Rajasthan’s Alwar district before she finally delivered her baby outside a Community Health Centre (CHC), the accused doctor, who has been relieved with an APO (Awaiting Posting Order), has decried the order by the Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), saying that the action was taken without a proper inquiry into the matter.
“No inquiry has taken place. I wasn’t asked anything. The Reproductive and Child Health Officer (RCHO) came to me on July 3 and asked whether the admission ticket that was found with the patient was made in the hospital. I said it was made by me. In fact, I got the information that the patient, instead of going inside had gone away through the media only,” Dr. Kanchan Batra, the doctor on duty at the time of the incident, said.
“We have 16 beds in our labour room and more than 40 patients are admitted on a single day. That day, between 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., out of 216 patients, 35 were admitted to the labour room. Her ticket was made at 11.38 a.m. and since it was a computerised ticket, the time is the ultimate proof. And after that neither the CMHO, nor the RCHO took any statement from me. They just took the action. I am now on Awaiting Posting Order (APO) without any inquiry,” the doctor added.
Dr. Batra further said that there were no complications in her pregnancy and that’s why she delivered on her own.
The doctors of the district hospital, however, are presenting a united front in support of Dr. Batra even as they held a strike for two hours on Wednesday.
“We’ll see what more we can do in case the administration doesn’t do anything,” she said.
“Along with me, action has been taken against the Akbarpur CHC doctor and the nurse who didn’t check on the patient. They were relieved on July 1. I got the information last night. They have taken the action on the behalf of the media. They are being partial,” she added.
Dr. Bhagwan Sahay, the Principal Medical Officer (PMO), has assured of a proper inquiry.
“We have set up a committee and will do an inquiry. According to the CMHO, who produced the order, the doctor is at fault for not properly counselling the patient. But prima facie, it doesn’t look like it’s the doctor’s fault. A doctor cannot escort every patient till the ward. The doctor made the ticket and asked the patient to get admitted. Now why she didn’t do it will be found after the inquiry only,” he said.
“Today, a two-hour strike was held. It’s expected to continue tomorrow, though I haven’t got anything in written,” he added.
It was earlier reported that on July 1, Lacha Devi, along with her husband, visited the Akbarpur CHC for consultation from where they were sent to the Alwar district hospital.
The woman was then taken to the Satellite Hospital in Alwar’s Kala Kuan area where she was referred to the Zanana Hospital from where they returned home.
Devi then experienced intense labour pain and was rushed to the Akbarpur CHC again where she delivered a baby girl outside the hospital.
Meanwhile, Alwar CMHO Shyam Sundar Agarwal said an action would be taken after an inquiry report is tabled after which two on-duty doctors and a nurse were relieved for APO.
The State Women Commission has also sought an inquiry into the matter.
Govt to curb ‘cut practice’ in medical profession
Maharashtra Government is all set to curb ‘Cut Practice’ in medical profession. Soon, Government will introduce ‘Prevention of Cut Practices in Medical Services Act 2017.’
S Srinivasan of All India Drugs Network (AIDAN) through e-pharmail has mentioned that State Government has formed a nine member committee to study regulations in other countries for preventing cut practices including anti kickback laws in USA and UK and suggest measures to be incorporated in the proposed Act.
The committee will be headed by former Director General of Police, Pravin Dixit. The committee consists of Dr Avinash Supe, Director of Medical Education and major BMC hospitals; Dr Sanjay Oak, Director of Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Byculla; Dr Abhay Chowdhary, President of Maharashtra Medical Council; Dr Ramakant Panda, Vice Chairman of Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai; Indian Medical Association (IMA) representative, Dr Yeshwant Amdekar, pediatrician; Dr Amit Karkhanis, dermatologist; and Dr Himmatrao Bawaskar, Mahad.
Srinivasan mentioned that during the first meeting of the committee held on Tuesday, the panel of members discussed different provisions of proposed act in details. Section I of the act contains definition of the Act which reads any person believed to be medical experts having received a patient for treatment, refers him to other medical experts, hospitals, laboratory for further treatment/examination/ tests and in turn receives any pecuniary benefits from such medical experts/hospitals/laboratory, would be committing an act of indulging in ‘Cut practices in Medical Services’.
Section II says, “Cut practice in medical services is an offence and would be charged under cognisable offence tried by JMFC, 1st Class. Any person who indulges in such acts repeatedly, would be treated as repeat offender.”
Section III deals with punishment for the offence. It reads punishment for the offence of “Cut practice in medical services” would be simple punishment up to three months and fine up to Rs 5,000. Repeated offender would be punishable by simple imprisonment up to six months and fine of Rs 25,000.
This committee was formed by the State Government following Dr Ramakant Panda’s representation to Directorate of Medical Education and Research, Government of Maharashtra over rampant growth of cut practice in medical field. It is to be recalled that Dr Panda’s Asian Heart Institute in Mumbai had put up a poster stating ‘No commission. Only honest medical opinion’ in the city which invoked sharp response from IMA. The hospital has also installed 10 banners in the city in response to IMA’s warning to remove the first one.
Reacting to IMA remark, Dr Panda stated “instead of protecting wrongdoers, IMA should sensitise its members on the need to do away with cut practice. It’s not that all of its members are engaged in such practice. There are a number of doctors who were never involved in it.” Dr Panda said “We have found that at least one third of the patients who were asked to go for angioplasty or bypass surgery did not need it. The expense of treatment will decrease by 25% if cut practice is curbed.”
Considering the rampant growth of cut practice, Asian Heart Institute has initiated debate on the issue. A number of medical professionals including Dr Gautam Sen, Dr Vikrant Desai, Dr Sanjay Nagral, Dr Himmatrao Bawaskar, Dr Devi Shetty, Dr G N Rao, Dr Soma Raju, Dr Srinath Reddy, Dr Samiran Nundy etc had extended their support to the hospital crusade against cut practice in medical services.