Hunger is a big motivator. Like I am now motivated to take up teaching high school math -later p[lanning to go into non profits. You might later say that you ditched the cause of school teaching and your students who were depending upon you.
Maybe some people back home in India would be saying the same about IIT grads who opt to go abroad after getting world class subsidized education there.
Umesh
Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Umesh,>Just becos a person signs up to serve does not mean s/he would be willing to see his family die at the >hands of militants --more likely in rural Assam.My point is this: Even if this is true, it is NOT as if these docs (most atleast) were not aware of the problem when they signed on. Militancy has been there for more than 25 years.If these docs were afraid then they would not have signed on in the first place.But I think you missed the point completely - these Docs do not want to go to rural settings because(a) they run thriving practices in the towns/cities(b) The Govt. job provides them a good base to set up their clinics and for referring their clinics for the 'best personal treatment' - of course for a fee.(c) There is no money in villages.(d) Gone are the days of depending on most Docs for keeping up their oaths to serve humanity.(e) If there was enough money, these docs will go anywhere. so its not the militancy factor.--Ram da
On 6/8/06, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Ram-da,
As your title suggests --focus is "Rural Assam" - which has its own special problems made more acute by militancy. Just becos a person signs up to serve does not mean s/he would be willing to see his family die at the hands of militants --more likely in rural Assam. That is another fall out of militancy. Education and health of those in such areas goes down -more die due to resulting ill health.*****"A retired doctor, if willing to serve in a rural area, will be paid a consolidated salary of Rs.15,000 a month, besides their pension benefits," the minister said.......... .
The new recruitment drive has been necessitated with the rural healthcare sector in Assam in the doldrums with doctors not willing to serve in the interiors.
"We have to do something drastic to improve the healthcare system, especially in rural areas," Sarma said.
Doctors apart, there is a severe shortage of nurses and paramedics. "Umesh
Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Well Umesh,The militancy has been going on for over 25 years. When these doctors apply for jobs with the Assam Govt. , my understanding, is that, they have to sign on to do a stint in rural areas. Most escape the "punishment" and basically get themselves well situated in the big league.Obviously, when they signed on, they were well aware of any militancy or other problems.The other fact you missed out totally, is that these so called docs were NOT even at their jobs in the Gov. Hospital. They were probably busy running their own private practice and so have no time to do the rounds as required. I hear, even the salary they get from the GOA is paltry, its the position which is more important. That way they can refer the multitudes of patients to their own practice.There you have it.Ram da
On 6/6/06, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:who wants to work in rural areas esp with militants ready to send them to kingdom come. Salary is good for retired folks who have no fear for their lives - already in old age awaiting the call .Umesh
Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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IANS[ SUNDAY, JUNE 04, 2006 12:00:00 AM]
But there is a catch. The new recruits must serve in Assam's rural areas.
"Anybody with a medical degree can just walk in for an interview on Wednesday and Thursday and get a job. We have about 234 vacancies across the state and all these recruits will be posted in rural health centres," Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told reporters here.
Due to the lukewarm response from doctors for government jobs, health authorities will welcome retired medical practitioners for the interview.
"A retired doctor, if willing to serve in a rural area, will be paid a consolidated salary of Rs.15,000 a month, besides their pension benefits," the minister said.
"We hope to get at least 100 young doctors for the interview and the remaining vacancies can well be filled up with retired medical practitioners."
The new recruitment drive has been necessitated with the rural healthcare sector in Assam in the doldrums with doctors not willing to serve in the interiors.
"We have to do something drastic to improve the healthcare system, especially in rural areas," Sarma said.
Doctors apart, there is a severe shortage of nurses and paramedics.
"We require about 1,200 nurses and in the next two months we are going to fill these vacancies," he said.
"Shortage of nurses in Assam has severely impeded immunisation programmes in the past few years."
Coming down heavily on specialist government doctors ignoring their normal duties and devoting more time in private nursing homes, the minister said such acts would not be tolerated.
"I visited the Guwahati Medical College (GMC) today and was really disappointed to find a majority of the doctors absent," Sarma said.
He has initiated action against at least a dozen senior doctors at the GMC for neglecting duty.
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Harvard University,
Class of 2005
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