Jaipur: The health department had decided to retain doctors who were deployed under temporary basis in the state. Their tenure had ended on March 31. Besides, new recruitment of junior doctors has also been done across the state to compensate the absence of resident doctors in medical colleges run by the state government.
The protest by private hospital doctors against Right to Health (RTH) Bill was continuing in the state.
Besides, recruiting new junior resident doctors, the medical education department is monitoring the situation daily in hospitals attached to medical colleges.
“I am reviewing conditions in all the hospitals attached to medical colleges daily and ensuring providing treatment to the patients with the best of the services and resources available,” medical education principal secretary T Ravikanth told TOI.
He said that out of 1,000 posts of junior residents created on temporary basis, 488 have already been filled across the state who have taken the charge.
The newly appointed resident doctors are helping the senior doctors including medical college faculty, senior resident doctors and medical officers who are working.
The health department is taking measures to fill the gap created by the absence of resident doctors with the junior resident doctors. The process of recruiting more junior resident doctors is in the progress.
In SMS Medical College too, 155 junior resident doctors have been posted. The medical education department pointed out that they have 700 working doctors in SMS Medical College who are providing treatment to the patients. Apart from the elective or surgeries which could be done later, have been postponed, the rest of the facilities in the medical colleges are being provided to the patients.
Besides, the health department is also ensuring availability of doctors in its hospitals in districts and periphery. “We have retained doctors appointed by walk in interview through collectors in different districts earlier. An order has been issued to extend their services till June 30,” said Dr Ravi Prakash Mathur, director (public health), health department.
The protest by private hospital doctors against Right to Health (RTH) Bill was continuing in the state.
Besides, recruiting new junior resident doctors, the medical education department is monitoring the situation daily in hospitals attached to medical colleges.
“I am reviewing conditions in all the hospitals attached to medical colleges daily and ensuring providing treatment to the patients with the best of the services and resources available,” medical education principal secretary T Ravikanth told TOI.
He said that out of 1,000 posts of junior residents created on temporary basis, 488 have already been filled across the state who have taken the charge.
The newly appointed resident doctors are helping the senior doctors including medical college faculty, senior resident doctors and medical officers who are working.
The health department is taking measures to fill the gap created by the absence of resident doctors with the junior resident doctors. The process of recruiting more junior resident doctors is in the progress.
In SMS Medical College too, 155 junior resident doctors have been posted. The medical education department pointed out that they have 700 working doctors in SMS Medical College who are providing treatment to the patients. Apart from the elective or surgeries which could be done later, have been postponed, the rest of the facilities in the medical colleges are being provided to the patients.
Besides, the health department is also ensuring availability of doctors in its hospitals in districts and periphery. “We have retained doctors appointed by walk in interview through collectors in different districts earlier. An order has been issued to extend their services till June 30,” said Dr Ravi Prakash Mathur, director (public health), health department.
