Magadh division commissioner has issued a notice to 178 government doctors belonging to primary health centres (PHCs), additional PHCs and other district and subdivision-level hospitals. The notice has been directed for the casual approach of doctors, towards work in the five districts of Magadh division. The division commissioner has given this order after conducting a scrutiny on the performance of the doctors and paramedical staff during a division-level review meeting. It was found that about 127 doctors have examined less than 320 outdoor patients in the month of April.
The performance of the doctors was reviewed on the basis of 20 different aspects of healthcare, including “patient or attendant satisfaction, neonatal care, award of maternity benefits and availability of medicines, among others”. The commissioner has also noticed flaws of the OPD schedule. It was observed that…
