| CASE STUDY: Doctors' absenteeism [NCERT] |
| Challenge: Uttar Pradesh government got a survey done and found out that most of the doctors posted in the rural primary health centers are simply not there They live in a town carry out private practice and visit the village where they are posted only once or twice in the entire month, Villagers have to travel to towns and pay very high fee to private doctors even for common ailments. |
| Reform proposals: |
| - The government should make it compulsory for the doctors to live in the village where they are posted, otherwise their service should be terminated. |
| - District administration and police should carry out surprise raids to check the attendance of the doctors. |
| - Village Panchayat should be given the power to write the annual report of the doctor which should be read out in the Gram Sabha meeting. |
| - Problems like this can be solved only if Uttar Pradesh is split into several smaller states which can be administrated more efficiently. |
Answer:
Other Proposals:
- Doctor's absenteeism can be controlled by making strict rules for doctors to live in the villages of their posting.
- Doctors should be debarred from doing private practice.
- Surprise checking by the department must be made.
- Besides, doctors must be given enough incentives by the government to work in a village.
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