Asianet NewsableAsianet Newsable

Government allows doctors to quote their salary to serve in rural areas

  • Applications are invited for 1035 doctors at rural hospitals.
  • Salary offered Rs 1.3 lakh for backward and Rs 1.1 lakh for rest of rural region.
  • Those specialists willing to go are invited to bid for salary and choice of place
  • ‘Your quote - our post’ is a desperate measure to attract specialist doctors
Government allows doctors to quote their salary to serve in rural areas

The State government has invited applications from doctors to fill up 1035 various posts in hobli, taluk and district level hospitals. While the salary offered is Rs 1.30 lakh for backward villages and Rs 1.10 lakh for rest of the rural regions, both negotiable, the government has invited specialists to bid for salary and choice of place in a desperate measure to attract quality medical services at rural hospitals, reported Kannada Prabha.

Under the ‘Your quote - our post’ scheme, the specialist doctors can bid for salary they want and a choice of place. There is an acute shortage of specialists at rural hospitals and nobody is willing to go to villages. Hence this method was thought of. The Central government’s National Health Mission also has supported the idea.

The Health Department had twice advertised for doctors and during counselling, the doctors were unwilling to serve at the hobli, taluk and district level hospitals. To avoid wasting of time and efforts, the government decided to directly appoint private doctors and hence the bid call, said Shalini rajaneesh, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department. "Specialists hesitate to go to regions that we suggest. Hence we decided to ask them to quote both salary and choice of place," she said, reported Kannada Prabha.

However, the demand for salary also attracts fixing of target. The salary will depend on performance, she said. In the rural regions there is an acute shortage of paediatricians, gynaecologists and Urologists and they are needed as an emergency. Hence in 6 districts In the Hyderabad Karnataka region and rest 8 regions including Bagalkot, the salary offered is Rs 1.3 lakhs and in the rest rural regions Rs 1.1 lakh is offered. Specialists can bid for this also and preference will be given to whoever demands appropriate salary, she said.

The requirement of posts are as follows: Paediatricians - 220, Gynecologists - 177, ENT specialists - 43, Radiologists - 37, Psychiatrists - 5, Anesthetists - 224, Surgeons - 64, Physicians - 99, Orthopaedics - 37, Ophthalmologists - 66, Dermatologists - 63, totally 1035. More details can be had at www.karffw.gov.in

 

 

Follow Us:
Download App:
  • android
  • ios