{"id":7470,"date":"2016-11-10T19:59:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir.today\/?p=7470"},"modified":"2016-11-10T19:59:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T14:29:58","slug":"senior-doctors-reluctant-adhere-governments-ban-private-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=7470","title":{"rendered":"Senior Doctors reluctant to adhere government\u2019s ban on private practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Blanket ban not a viable thing\u2019: Doctors<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Srinagar:<\/strong> With the Jammu and Kashmir government having issued strict instructions to the doctors not to indulge in the private practice, it seems that the senior consultants are reluctant to accept it and are busy in private practice even during the official hours.<\/em>
\nReliable sources told KNS that the government directions have no impact on the ground and the doctors especially senior consultants at the prestigious institutes including the SKIMS, SMHS, Bone and Joint hospital, JVC are regularly indulging in private practice even during office hours.<\/em>
\nSources within the health department said that it has been observed that at least two to three consultants from each department of the hospitals practice in private clinics even during the office hours.<\/em>
\nOn Thursday when this reporter went to a private diagnostic lab at Lalchock, he found that a senior consultant was seen practicing up to 11 am before he headed for the hospital.<\/em>
\nAt another clinic the doctor was to see the patients from 3pm. \u201cThis is the normal routine of the consultants who are found in the hospital only between 12 pm and 03 pm. None in administration is ready to take action against them,\u201d said one of the officials of the health department.<\/em>
\nHe said that there are many consultants who are available in the hospitals only between 12am to 3pm. \u201cThe rampant private practice has caused inconvenience to the patients\u201d.<\/em>
\nMeanwhile junior resident doctors alleged that there are \u201ctwo different rules\u201d for consultants and registers indulging in private practice in the state. \u201cWhen the authorities learn about the junior doctor doing the private practice, they are punished; however, when senior doctors indulge in private practice even during office hours, no action is taken against them,\u201d one of the junior doctor posted in SMHS hospital said.<\/em>
\nSources also allege that the senior doctors especially cardiologists are never available on-call during the night as they practice in private nursing homes late nights.<\/em>
\nIn January 2013, private practice was banned in tertiary care hospitals under the ambit of Government Medical College (GMC). The ban was confined to HoDs under GMC. In August 2014 the High Court noted that government may extend restrictions to other posts as well in view of patient interest.<\/em>
\nEvening OPDs were also initiated by then NC-Congress government at Gupkar Nursing Home to cater to the load and also offer \u2018government run\u2019 private clinics. But the initiative had no takers.<\/em>
\nSimilarly the PDP-BJP government recently announced a blanket ban on private practice by heads of the departments of state medical and dental colleges, while threatening \u2018strict disciplinary action\u2019 against the violators.<\/em>
\nThe Circular 02 of 2016 dated 13-06-2016 reads, \u2018HoDs in Government Medical Colleges, and Government Dental Colleges and Associated Hospitals of the state not to indulge in private practice.\u2019<\/em>
\nAdvocating the blanket ban on private practice, one of the senior doctors at SMHS hospital terms the trend as the mother of all evils. \u201cIt\u2019s taking a toll on patient care system here. These doctors should either quit the government job or private practice,\u201d he said.<\/em>
\nThe patients said that the senior doctors have to be available all time. \u201cLife and death is a matter of seconds. By the time senior doctor reaches hospital from his clinic, the patient might have expired.\u201d They said.<\/em>
\nHowever the doctors advocate that a blanket ban cannot be imposed on private practice. \u201cA patient always wants consultation of a senior doctor. He doesn\u2019t want to be seen by a junior doctor who is himself learning medicine,\u201d one of the doctors said. (KNS)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2018Blanket ban not a viable thing\u2019: Doctors Srinagar: With the Jammu and Kashmir government having issued strict instructions to the doctors not to indulge in the private practice, it seems that the senior consultants are reluctant to accept it and are busy in private practice even during the official hours. Reliable sources told KNS that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}