CM yogi admitted that there is shortage of doctors

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath admitted that there is shortage of doctors that is affecting imparting quality health care facilities and sought help from the private and voluntary organizations like IMA to help government in its endeavor to impart quality service to people.

 Addressing a gathering of doctors in Gorakhpur on Tuesday morning he said that when his government came to power there was acute shortage of doctors. “This government has initiated some steps which resulted in easing the crisis a little bit but this is not enough,” Yogi said while addressing the function organized by the Gorakhpur chapter of Indian Medical Association (IMA).

Chief Minister appealed to the private doctors and those associated with IMA to help state government in giving quality medical services to the people.

“When this government came to power there was shortage of over 7500 doctors in the state-run hospitals. We made appointment of around 1000 doctors that includes giving appointment to retired doctors who are specialists. Besides, Ayush doctors were set to PHCs so that quality treatment could be made available in the villages,” Yogi said.

He said still there is shortage of 4500 doctors. “We have also initiated steps to appoint teachers in ad hoc basis for that the process of interview has begun but this might take some time. I appeal to private doctors to help government in imparting quality health care to the people,” he said.

Against the proposed posts of 18382 doctors around 7348 posts are lying vacant. The previous Samajwadi Party Government had initiated a process to appoint doctors but it failed. The Akhilesh Government also invited retired doctors for fresh appointment but only 297 doctors showed their willingness.

Last year Government has come up with a proposal to appoint doctors region wise and accordingly their remuneration was fixed. Four categories were formed for appointment of doctors according to which more backward a district more would be the remuneration of doctors. The category A comprises 18 districts which include developed districts like Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi while category B will have 29 districts which will include 29 districts like Hardoi and Faizabad. The category C will have 19 districts comprising Aurriya and Mirzapur while the rest will come under category D which will include backward districts like Lalitpur and Chitrakoot.

 In category A MBBS doctor will get Rs 50,000 per month while for category D the remuneration will be Rs 65,000. In case of specialised doctors remuneration for Category A will be Rs 80,000 and it will be Rs 1,20,000 for Category D districts.