Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will be initiating action 196 absentee doctors, Health and Family Welfare Minister Mukesh Mahaling told the Assembly on Monday.
While replying to a question by MLA Tankadhar Tripathy, the Minister informed that these doctors from various cadres in the state, including OMHS (Odisha Medical Health Service), OMES (Odisha Medical Education Service), and OHMS (Odisha Homeopathic Medical Service), have been on leave for an extended period.
In July, show-cause notices were issued to seven doctors – six assistant professors and one associate professor – of MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur for unauthorised absence from work. While three among them were absent for over five years, the remaining four were absent for 1 to 3 years. The absentees are .
To another question by BJD MLA Prashant Behera, Mahaling informed that 5,014, including 1,114 specialists, posts are lying vacant in the 375 community health centres in the state. The highest 450 vacancies are in Ganjam district, followed by Mayurbhanj (309), Cuttack (281) and Khurda (12). Mayurbanj has the highest 87 vacant specialist posts, he added.
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