J&K Admin Cancels Attachment Order Of Doctors, Paramedics.

In order to ensure better health care facilities, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday ordered cancellation of attachment of the doctors and paramedical staff.

As per a circular issued by the Principal Secretary to the government, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi heads of department have been directed to submit compliance reports by Ist August 2022.

“With a view to ensure better health care facilities to the general public and to restore the healthcare facilities in the rural areas, all the attachment of Doctors/Paramedics which have been made by all the Head of the Departments including Chief Medical Officers, ADMOS and Block Medical Officers or any other officer at their own level from time to time are hereby cancelled with immediate effect and they shall report back to their original place of postings,” reads the circular.

“The concerned Head of the Departments are directed to submit compliance reports in this regard latest by 1st August, 2022, without any fail. Besides, all the concerned DDOS are also directed not to draw the salary of any doctors/paramedics attached in their jurisdiction, henceforth.”

As per the reports, most of the health centres in the rural areas are confronting with a shortage of doctors and paramedical staff. While there is a shortage of staff in rural areas, health centres in the city and adjoining localities are over-staffed. Many influential doctors have managed attachments in the cities.

He said that after the issuance of the circular, all attached doctors and paramedical staff members have to perform duties at their place of posting.

Jammu and Kashmir Government on June 19 has terminated 112 “missing” doctors from services for their “unauthorized absence” from duty.

Instead of performing their duties at their place of postings, these doctors were “missing” and they neither responded to official notices served to them from time to time nor joined their duty.