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New Delhi: As many
as 121 doctors have left premier government hospitals, including
the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Safdarjung
Hospital, to join private hospitals in the last three years, the
Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday.
As many as 14 doctors left AIIMS, which caters to almost 8,000
patients every day, since 2008, said Health and Family Welfare
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in a written reply.
The minister said 14 doctors left the National Institute of Mental
Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore.
NIMHANS was last year declared as an institute of national
importance enabling it to develop patterns of teaching, with the
flexibility to device new courses. This put it at par with the
AIIMS.
While seven doctors each left the Post Graduate Institute of
Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (PGIMER) and Jawahar
Lal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research,
Puducheery, six government doctors left the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia
Hospital in New Delhi to join private hospitals, Azad said.
The others are - Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated
Hospitals (4), North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of
Health and Medical Science in Shillong (3), Regional Institute of
Medical Sciences in Imphal (3) and Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi
(1).
Azad said 62 doctors from other central health services have left
to join private hospitals in the country.
The minister said they are taking various steps to "retain the
best talent" in the government sector.
He said they have raised the superannuation age of teaching
specialists to 65 from 62 years, also raised the superannuation
age of non-teaching and public health specialists of Central
Health Service to 62 years from 60 years.
Also, the sixth pay commission brought about an overall
improvement in remuneration of doctors, Azad added.
"These measures have been taken during the last two-three years
and are beginning to yield result towards retaining the
doctors-specialists in government hospitals and institutions," the
minister said.
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