Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsIn the wake of protests and a growing unease against his slew of inspections and spot suspensions, Health Minister Dr V S Vijay appealed to doctors and staff to pull their socks up. “When I left from home this morning, I decided that I would not take harsh action against anyone. But tell me, if I find that the duty doctor in the casualty block has not arrived two hours after his shift began, what should I do?” he asked.Even as he arrived to attend a felicitation for doctors at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Tuesday, he undertook an inspection of the OP and casualty blocks. When he reached the latter, he did nor find a doctor or nurse there and so he asked the Dean to verify their whereabouts. When he was told that neither had signed in for their 8 am shift, though it was past 10 am, he became livid and immediately asked for them to be suspended from duty. He even called it a “disgrace to their profession”.Vijay used this instance as an example for why the biometric attendance system, due to be installed at all State-run medical institutions by October, was mandatory. “People keep complaining that government doctors are never available, but in truth only 15 pc of them are lax. I know, after all I am still one (government doctor) at heart,” he told all the department heads. When told that doctors’ unions were contemplating a strike against the reforms, he said that all these “improvements” were suggested after talks with the Chief Minister.first published:September 19, 2012, 09:21 ISTlast updated:September 19, 2012, 09:21 IST
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In the wake of protests and a growing unease against his slew of inspections and spot suspensions, Health Minister Dr V S Vijay appealed to doctors and staff to pull their socks up. “When I left from home this morning, I decided that I would not take harsh action against anyone. But tell me, if I find that the duty doctor in the casualty block has not arrived two hours after his shift began, what should I do?” he asked.
Even as he arrived to attend a felicitation for doctors at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Tuesday, he undertook an inspection of the OP and casualty blocks. When he reached the latter, he did nor find a doctor or nurse there and so he asked the Dean to verify their whereabouts. When he was told that neither had signed in for their 8 am shift, though it was past 10 am, he became livid and immediately asked for them to be suspended from duty. He even called it a “disgrace to their profession”.
Vijay used this instance as an example for why the biometric attendance system, due to be installed at all State-run medical institutions by October, was mandatory. “People keep complaining that government doctors are never available, but in truth only 15 pc of them are lax. I know, after all I am still one (government doctor) at heart,” he told all the department heads. When told that doctors’ unions were contemplating a strike against the reforms, he said that all these “improvements” were suggested after talks with the Chief Minister.
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