B D Narayankar reports
Bangalore, Apr 28 (PTI) Karnataka government was awaiting
President Pranab Mukherjee's assent to a bill to enable it to
take strict action against doctors not serving in rural areas,
Health and Family Welfare Minister U T Khader said today.
The state assembly in August 2012 had passed the Karnataka
Compulsory Training by Candidates Completed Medical Courses
Bill hoping to solve the problem of shortage of qualified and
specialised doctors in rural areas.
Khader said he had already led a delegation to Delhi
along with Union Minister Mallikarjun Kharge to seek
Mukherjee's assent for the bill. "Twice the President of India
had sought clarifications on the bill," he said.
As per the provisions of the bill, besides hefty fines,
doctors not complying its provisions would not be given
permanent registration to carry out their profession.
Khader said inspite of many doctors and postgraduates
completing their courses, there was a scarcity of medical
professionals in rural areas.
"There is a scarcity of 336 MBBS doctors and more than
1500 specialists in state hospitals," the minister said.
Inspite of salaries in the range of Rs 1.25 lakh, the
government is not getting specialists in backward areas of the
state, Khader said.
He said the government will launch a door-to-door campaign
to create awareness among the people on contagious diseases.
"Health officials will go on a door-to door campaign to create
awareness about contagious diseases like dengue, Malaria,
Kyasanur forest disease (monkey disease)," he said.
The government will launch the campaign in next few
days, Khader said, adding, officials who err in their duties
would face stern action.
The district administration should take all necessary
steps to control the spread of contagious diseases by taking
preventive measures, the Minister said.
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