Recently, it was announced that government doctors would no longer be permitted to practice privately. The medical and health department suggested this rule, which was reportedly given a green light by Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao.
Sources say the new rule will apply only to new recruits and not to doctors already employed. Apparently, the government is considering raising the salaries of newly recruited doctors as they lose their private practices.
Additionally, salaries and duty timings will be set as they are under NIMS. The state will fill 12,755 vacancies for medical staff, including more than 10,000 posts for doctors and staff nurses. A written test will be administered for all posts except for the 3,000 vacancies for doctors. The proposal to ban government doctors from practising private medicine isn’t the first time being considered. Former TDP minister NT Rama Rao had proposed the ban in 1983 but it was met with harsh opposition.
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Medico found dead at govt. hospital in Telangana
In Nizamabad, a post-graduate medical student in her second year was found dead. The medico, 27-year-old G Swetha, studied obstetrics and gynaecology. It is not yet clear what caused her death.
According to police inspector D Vijay of Nizamabad Town-I, based on a complaint from her father, they have filed a case under Section 174 of the CrPC to find out the cause of death. A post mortem examination was conducted on Friday. The investigation is going on.
During the shift, the young medic was on duty from 2pm to 11. 30 p.m. According to the OBG department, all doctors are usually overworked. On Thursday, however, there was comparatively less work. Her shift ended at 11.30 p.m., so she went to the duty doctor’s room to sleep.
As she slept, a first-year PG student next to her woke up and resumed work.
Dr D Prathima Raj, the hospital’s superintendent, said that the student called Swetha, but there was no response. When she did not respond, the first-year student tried to wake her up, but Swetha did not respond.
“At 6 a.m. on Friday morning, doctors attempted to wake her but she did not respond, so they checked her pulse and pronounced her dead,” said inspector Mr Vijay.
Swetha’s death has been sent condolences by members of the Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA). Members of TJUDA noted that she was always smiling, passionate and caring.
Karimnagar is where the family is from. Swetha’s brother is the Assistant Commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Jharkhand.
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